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
trothloyal or pledged faithfulness : fidelity
evasivetending or intended to evade : equivocal
incontinentnot continent: such as
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auroraldawn
sustainto give support or relief to
surgeto rise and fall actively : toss
trickleto issue or fall in drops
ballasta heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine)