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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| veracious | truthful |
| disburse | to pay out : expend especially from a fund |
| contrite | feeling or showing sorrow and remorse for improper or objectionable behavior, actions, etc. |
| mute | unable to speak : lacking the power of speech |
| promote | to advance in station, rank, or honor : raise |
| testy | easily annoyed : irritable |
| bowdlerize | to expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar |
| comely | pleasurably conforming to notions of good appearance, suitability, or proportion |
| fuss: | trouble or worry over trifles; make nervous; pay too much attention to; N: needless concern or worry (about a trivial thing); anxious nervous condition; display of attention; Ex. make a fuss over the baby |
| subdue | to conquer and bring into subjection : vanquish |