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 |
|---|---|
| propellant | capable of propelling |
| impenetrable | incapable of being penetrated or pierced |
| fatuous | complacently or inanely foolish : silly |
| irremediable | not remediable |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| gloss_over | explain away with the intention of deceiving or hiding faults |
| inestimable | incapable of being estimated or computed |
| parody | a literary or musical work in which the style of an author or work is closely imitated for comic effect or in ridicule |
| dogmatic | characterized by or given to the expression of opinions very strongly or positively as if they were facts |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |