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 |
|---|---|
| flashy | lacking in substance or flavor : insipid |
| tantamount | equivalent in value, significance, or effect |
| statutory | of or relating to statutes |
| resolve | to deal with successfully : clear up |
| vanguard | the forefront of an action or movement |
| quell | to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity |
| swear-word | word considered offensive; Ex. ``bloody'' |
| predicament | the character, status, or classification assigned by a predication |
| taciturn | temperamentally disinclined to talk |
| abstinence | the practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable |