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
plethoraan ample amount or number : abundance
retardto delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment
foilto prevent from attaining an end : defeat
shuffleto mix in a mass confusedly : jumble
awla pointed tool for marking surfaces or piercing small holes (as in leather or wood)
ostensibleintended for display : open to view
remitto lay aside (a mood or disposition) partly or wholly
fatuouscomplacently or inanely foolish : silly
renderto melt down
proxythe agency, function, or office of a deputy who acts as a substitute for another