GRE Word List
CONCILIATORY
intended to gain goodwill or favor or to reduce hostility : tending or intended to conciliate
The meaning of the word conciliatory is intended to gain goodwill or favor or to reduce hostility : tending or intended to conciliate.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| prominent | standing out or projecting beyond a surface or line : protuberant |
| consecrate | dedicated to a sacred purpose |
| tipple | to drink liquor especially by habit or to excess |
| teetotalism | the principle or practice of complete abstinence from alcoholic drinks |
| start | to move suddenly and violently : spring |
| spare | not being used |
| rebus | a representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| pious | marked by or showing reverence for deity and devotion to divine worship |
| foist | to introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant |