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 |
|---|---|
| noncommittal | giving no clear indication of attitude or feeling |
| unguent | a soothing or healing salve : ointment |
| tenancy | a holding of an estate or a mode of holding an estate |
| fissure | a narrow opening or crack of considerable length and depth usually occurring from some breaking or parting |
| sallow | any of several Old World broad-leaved willows (such as Salix caprea) including important sources of charcoal and tanbark |
| totter | to move unsteadily : stagger |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| onslaught | an especially fierce attack |
| chore | the regular or daily light work of a household or farm |
| contortions | to twist in a violent manner |