SAT vocabulary
Mollify
to appease anger or anxiety; to pacify or soften someone's temper
Example
"Diplomats scrambled to mollify the trade delegation with offers of tariff exemptions and tax relief."
Etymology
From Latin mollificare ('to make soft'), from mollis ('soft') and facere ('to make').
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