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 |
|---|---|
| apex | the uppermost point : vertex |
| hone | to sharpen or smooth with a whetstone |
| mangle | to injure with deep disfiguring wounds by cutting, tearing, or crushing |
| lethargic | of, relating to, or characterized by laziness or lack of energy : feeling or affected by lethargy : sluggish |
| levity | excessive or unseemly frivolity |
| pellucid | admitting maximum passage of light without diffusion or distortion |
| assiduous | showing great care, attention, and effort : marked by careful unremitting attention or persistent application |
| compound | something formed by a union of elements or parts |
| ostracize | to exile by ostracism |
| topple | to fall from or as if from being top-heavy |