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 |
|---|---|
| futile | serving no useful purpose : completely ineffective |
| amorphous | having no definite form : shapeless |
| bungle | to act or work clumsily and awkwardly |
| mutter | to utter sounds or words indistinctly or with a low voice and with the lips partly closed |
| ghastly | terrifyingly horrible to the senses : frightening |
| alias | otherwise called : otherwise known as |
| pragmatist | a practical approach to problems and affairs |
| docile | easily taught |
| corrode | to eat away by degrees as if by gnawing |
| apathy | lack of feeling or emotion : impassiveness |