Propitiate GRE Vocabulary Flashcard

Propitiate GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /prəˈpɪʃ.i.eɪt/ (verb) Definition to win someone's favor, please and placate a person, mollify, make peace with, pacify, appease, calm, soothe, assuage, conciliate Example ‘Propitiation’ has the idea of appeasing the wrath of God. Leaving aside the finer aspects of the Greek, let’s look at the English word itself. Webster’s English Dictionary (1828) defines the word as: 1. ‘The act of appeasing wrath and conciliating the favor of an offended person; the act of making propitious. 2. In theology, the atonement or atoning sacrifice offered to God to assuage his wrath and render him propitious to sinners. ...