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
hinterlandsa region lying inland from a coast
winceto shrink back involuntarily (as from pain) : flinch
obsoleteno longer in use or no longer useful
pragmaticrelating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic
rationalean explanation of controlling principles of opinion, belief, practice, or phenomena
ductilecapable of being drawn out (see draw
indoctrinateto imbue with a usually partisan or sectarian opinion, point of view, or principle
inadvertentlyunintentional
grumbleto mutter in discontent
succumbto yield to superior strength or force or overpowering appeal or desire