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 |
|---|---|
| chaperon | a person (such as a matron) who for propriety (see propriety |
| crinkle | to form many short bends or ripples |
| bridle | the headgear with which a horse is governed and which carries a bit (see bit |
| hostage | a person held by one party in a conflict as a pledge pending the fulfillment of an agreement |
| egotistical | characterized by egotism : having, showing, or arising from an exaggerated sense of self-importance |
| authenticate | to prove or serve to prove to be real, true, or genuine |
| maelstrom | a powerful often violent whirlpool sucking in objects within a given radius |
| formality | compliance with formal or conventional rules : ceremony |
| abstruse | difficult to comprehend : recondite |
| maneuver | a military or naval movement |