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 |
|---|---|
| brittle | easily broken, cracked, or snapped |
| simplistic | excessively simple or simplified : treating a problem or subject with false simplicity by omitting or ignoring complicating factors or details |
| innate | existing in, belonging to, or determined by factors present in an individual from birth : native |
| accessible | capable of being reached |
| affinity | relationship by marriage |
| aberration | the fact or an instance of deviating or being aberrant especially from a moral standard or normal state |
| fulminate | to utter or send out with denunciation |
| stench | stink |
| adamant | unshakable or insistent especially in maintaining a position or opinion : unyielding |
| commandeer | to compel to perform military service |