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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rebusa representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound
foistto introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant
anathemasomeone or something intensely disliked or loathed
slighthaving a slim or delicate build : not stout or massive in body
carillona set of fixed chromatically tuned bells sounded by hammers controlled from a keyboard
gluttonone given habitually to greedy and voracious eating and drinking
iconoclastica person who attacks settled beliefs or institutions
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gustatoryrelating to or associated with eating or the sense of taste