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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mingleto bring or mix together or with something else usually without fundamental loss of identity : intermix
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formalitycompliance with formal or conventional rules : ceremony
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aperturean opening or open space : hole
austerestern and cold in appearance or manner
apparentopen to view : visible
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servitudea condition in which one lacks liberty especially to determine one's course of action or way of life
draconianof, relating to, or characteristic of Draco or the severe code of laws held to have been framed by him