ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsPplacate
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placate
Meaning: to calm someone who is angry or upset
placate in a sentence
How placate is used in real sentences:
The airline offered meal vouchers to placate the delayed passengers.
Nora lowered the music to placate her neighbor, who had complained about the noise.
“The solicitor tried to placate Mara, promising an inquiry and assuring her that no signature required immediate residence.”
— from the passage The Refusal at Ashdown
Synonyms for placate
Other words for placate — appease, pacify and mollify — carry the same meaning.
Antonyms of placate
Words that mean the opposite of placate:
- antagonize
- provoke
- enrage
Where it comes from
From Latin placare, meaning 'to calm or appease.'
Word parts
- plac — please, calm
placate: plac (calm) + -ate (make)
Memory hook
PLACATE sounds like 'place cake': place cake before an angry guest to calm them.