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CPS HSAT Vocabulary · Tier 2

appease

verb

Definition

to pacify or placate someone

In a sentence

She tried to appease her angry friend.

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Why this word matters: appease appears in academic reading at the 8th-grade level and is exactly the type of word that shows up on the CPS HSAT Reading section. Practice it in context with our spaced-repetition system at vocabulary.