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 |
|---|---|
| platitude | the quality or state of being dull or insipid |
| abominable | worthy of or causing disgust or hatred : detestable |
| understate | to represent as less than is the case |
| tranquillity | the quality or state of being tranquil |
| mercenary | one that serves merely for wages |
| pseudonym | a fictitious name |
| posterity | the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation |
| mammoth | any of a genus (Mammuthus) of extinct Pleistocene mammals of the elephant family distinguished from recent elephants by highly ridged molars, usually large size, very long tusks that curve upward, and well-developed body hair |
| inexorable | not to be persuaded, moved, or stopped : relentless |
| paranoia | mental illness characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations |