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 |
|---|---|
| homage | a feudal ceremony by which a man acknowledges himself the vassal of a lord |
| generate | to bring into existence: such as |
| suspense | the state of being suspended : suspension |
| concession | the act or an instance of conceding (as by granting something as a right, accepting something as true, or acknowledging defeat) |
| specious | having a false look of truth or genuineness : sophistic |
| protrude | to jut out from the surrounding surface or context |
| approbation | commendation |
| bizarre | strikingly out of the ordinary: such as |
| idolatry | the worship of a physical object as a god |
| agnostic | a person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable |