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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WordMeaning
turpitudeinherent baseness : depravity
evanescenttending to vanish like vapor
vigilantea member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate)
emollientmaking soft or supple
incidencerate of occurrence or influence
ferventvery hot : glowing
esotericdesigned for or understood by the specially initiated alone
visceralfelt in or as if in the internal organs of the body : deep
comeuppancea deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts
redoubtablecausing fear or alarm : formidable