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 |
|---|---|
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
| importune | to press or urge with troublesome persistence |
| silt | loose sedimentary material with rock particles usually ¹/₂₀ millimeter or less in diameter |
| hierarchy | a division of angels |
| saboteur | one that practices sabotage |
| pulmonary | of, relating to, affecting, or occurring in the lungs |
| despise | to look down on with disrespect or aversion |
| ambiguous | doubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness |
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| slander | to utter slander against : defame |