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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| baleful | deadly or pernicious in influence |
| chisel | a metal tool with a sharpened edge at one end used to chip, carve, or cut into a solid material (such as wood, stone, or metal) |
| mausoleum | a large tomb |
| ravenous | rapacious |
| ferret | a domesticated usually albino, brownish, or silver-gray animal (Mustela putorius furo) that is descended from the European polecat |
| palpitate | to beat rapidly and strongly : throb |
| nondescript | belonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described |
| grovel | to creep with the face to the ground : crawl |
| augment | to make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense |
| prerogative | an exclusive or special right, power, or privilege: such as |