To pacify the anxious hikers, the guide explained the weather radar showed the storm would pass within the hour.
为了安抚焦虑的徒步者，向导解释说天气雷达显示暴风雨将在一小时内过去。
Which choice best defines “pacify”?
A — To calm someone down. “pacify” means to calm someone down.
Which word means “to calm someone down”?
A — pacify. “pacify” means to calm someone down.
pacify — to calm someone down. In Chinese: 安抚.
pacify is pronounced /ˈpæsɪfaɪ/.
To pacify the anxious hikers, the guide explained the weather radar showed the storm would pass within the hour. (为了安抚焦虑的徒步者，向导解释说天气雷达显示暴风雨将在一小时内过去。)
appease, soothe, mollify — all close in meaning to pacify (to calm someone down).
agitate, provoke — each the opposite of pacify (to calm someone down).
Yes. pacify is on the SAT Prep Easy list — mid-frequency academic words that do get tested. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.