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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WordMeaning
slakesubside
languiddrooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak
besiegeto surround with armed forces
renovateto restore to a former better state (as by cleaning, repairing, or rebuilding)
disabuseto free from error, misconception, or fallacy (see fallacy
attestto affirm to be true or genuine
neophytea new convert : proselyte
facultyability
defaultfailure to do something required by duty or law : neglect
allegeto assert without proof or before proving