Placate GRE Vocabulary Flashcard
Placate GRE Vocabulary Flashcard
/pləˈkeɪt/ US /ˈpleɪ.keɪt/ (verb)
to comfort someone and make them feel less angry, soothe, pacify, conciliate, calm down, mollify, appease, propitiate, satisfy, assuage:
I sent her a letter of condolence in the hope that she would slightly be placated after the tragic loss of her mother.
Parts of Speech
- Adjective: placatory
Antonyms
enrage, annoy, irritate
