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 |
|---|---|
| lode | waterway |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| legerdemain | sleight of hand |
| onus | burden |
| pacifist | an adherent to pacifism : someone who opposes war or violence as a means of settling disputes |
| executive | of or relating to the execution of the laws and the conduct of public and national affairs |
| connotation | something suggested by a word or thing : implication |
| illimitable | incapable of being limited or bounded : measureless |
| evenhanded | fair |
| tessellated | having a checkered appearance |