GRE Word List
PLACATE
to soothe or mollify especially by concessions : appease
The meaning of the word placate is to soothe or mollify especially by concessions : appease.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tenacity | the quality or state of being tenacious |
| complacency | self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies |
| elated | marked by high spirits : exultant |
| sobriety | the quality or state of being sober |
| epistemologist | the study or a theory of the nature and grounds of knowledge especially with reference to its limits and validity |
| unseemly | not seemly: such as |
| veracious | truthful |
| puerile | juvenile |
| pugnacity | having a quarrelsome or combative nature : truculent |
| wry | twist |