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.
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Word | Meaning |
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quizzical | comically quaint |
bog | wet spongy ground |
far-fetched | brought from a remote time or place |
incognito | with one's identity concealed |
impart | to give, convey, or grant from or as if from a store |
odoriferous | yielding an odor : odorous |
asperity | roughness of manner or of temper : harshness of behavior or speech that expresses bitterness or anger |
prod | to thrust a pointed instrument into : prick |
quiver | a case for carrying or holding arrows |
noisome | noxious |