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 |
|---|---|
| derelict | abandoned especially by the owner or occupant |
| inherent | involved in the constitution or essential character of something : belonging by nature or habit : intrinsic |
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| muggy | being warm, damp, and close |
| default | failure to do something required by duty or law : neglect |
| fictitious | of, relating to, or characteristic of fiction : imaginary |
| allegiance | the obligation of a feudal vassal to his liege lord |
| concord | a state of agreement : harmony |
| habitat | the place or environment where a plant or animal naturally or normally lives and grows |
| preclude | to make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance |