Today’s Test Prep Vocabulary: placate
appease, pacify, bring calm to
Word Building: Latin
placare, placere – to please
-ate from -atus, ata, atum – added to show past participle of a verb, can also be used to transform Latin verbs ending in “a” to adjectives or nouns.
Sample Sentence:
The jury’s verdict of guilty did little to placate the victim’s family.