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 |
|---|---|
| institutionalize | to make into an institution : give character of an institution to |
| gentry | upper or ruling class : aristocracy |
| toady | one who flatters in the hope of gaining favors : sycophant |
| paradox | one (such as a person, situation, or action) having seemingly contradictory qualities or phases |
| healthful | beneficial to health of body or mind |
| waggish | resembling or characteristic of a wag |
| rebuttal | the act of rebutting especially in a legal suit |
| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |
| countenance | look |
| interstice | a space that intervenes between things |