Propitiate

Propitiate: [pruh-pish-ee-eyt] 

Here's how to remember:

Separate this word into parts and you get PROf + PITIate, so if you want your professor's pity then you would have to appease him or her.  

Write a sentence using the word about a time where you had to appease someone.







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Find the antonym within the list of synonyms for the word propitiate.

Provoke
Appease
Atone
Mollify




See if you can spot the correct definition below.

1. of doubtful or questionable authenticity
2. to kill as a sacrifice, especially by fire; to destroy or renounce for the sake of another
3. the most suitable or exact word or expression
4. to make someone or something favorably inclined toward oneself; to conciliate, satisfy, or appease