GRE Word List
PROPITIATE
to gain or regain the favor or goodwill of : appease
The meaning of the word propitiate is to gain or regain the favor or goodwill of : appease.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pecuniary | consisting of or measured in money |
| antagonism | opposition of a conflicting force, tendency, or principle |
| skinflint | a person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means : miser |
| contrite | feeling or showing sorrow and remorse for improper or objectionable behavior, actions, etc. |
| retrospective | of, relating to, or given to retrospection |
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |
| hackneyed | lacking in freshness or originality |
| machinations | an act of machinating |
| collected | gathered together |
| glaze | to furnish or fit with glass |