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 |
|---|---|
| residual | remainder |
| milieu | the physical or social setting in which something occurs or develops : environment |
| wrangle | to dispute angrily or peevishly : bicker |
| burnish | to make shiny or lustrous especially by rubbing |
| disgorge | to discharge by the throat and mouth : vomit |
| compromise | settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions |
| permissive | granted on sufferance : tolerated |
| tendentious | marked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view : biased |
| nutrient | furnishing nourishment |
| maim | to mutilate, disfigure, or wound seriously |