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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| antiseptic | opposing microbial infection |
| emanate | to come out from a source |
| sedulous | involving or accomplished with careful perseverance |
| fanciful | marked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience |
| primal | original |
| sophomoric | conceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature |
| cozen | to deceive, win over, or induce to do something by artful coaxing and wheedling or shrewd trickery |
| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |
| jollity | the quality or state of being jolly : merriment |
| enervate | lacking physical, mental, or moral vigor : enervated |