SAT vocabulary
Propitiate
to satisfy or appease the anger or demands of someone, often a deity or adversary
Example
"Elders made lavish offerings to propitiate the river spirits before sending scouts across the swollen rapids."
Etymology
From Latin propitiatus, past participle of propitiare ('to appease'), from propitius ('favorable, gracious').
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