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 |
|---|---|
| paltry | inferior |
| scavenge | to remove (dirt, refuse, etc.) from an area |
| dapper | neat and trim in appearance |
| glutton | one given habitually to greedy and voracious eating and drinking |
| sledge | sledgehammer |
| somnambulist | an abnormal condition of sleep in which motor acts (such as walking) are performed |
| preeminent | having paramount rank, dignity, or importance : outstanding |
| dictum | a noteworthy statement: such as |
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
| ballast | a 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) |