| Front | propitiate |
|---|---|
| Back | (pro-PISH-ee-ate), verb To win over; to gain the approval and admiration of. “The life that went on in [many of the street’s houses] seemed to me made up of evasions and negations; shifts to save cooking, to save washing and cleaning, devices to PROPITIATE the tongue of gossip.” – Willa Cather, American author |
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