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 |
|---|---|
| amorous | strongly moved by love and especially sexual love |
| pallid | deficient in color : wan |
| quibble | to evade the point of an argument by caviling about words |
| charlatan | quack |
| supersede | to cause to be set aside |
| transparent | having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid |
| pallet | a straw-filled tick or mattress |
| dummy | a person who is incapable of speaking |
| abyss | an immeasurably deep gulf or great space |
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