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 |
|---|---|
| provenance | origin |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| phylum | a direct line of descent within a group |
| noose | a loop with a slipknot that binds closer the more it is drawn |
| wiggle | to move to and fro with quick jerky or shaking motions : jiggle |
| random | a haphazard course |
| projectile | a body projected by external force and continuing in motion by its own inertia |
| bulwark | a solid wall-like structure raised for defense : rampart |
| arcane | known or knowable only to a few people : secret |
| reciprocate | to give and take mutually |