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 |
|---|---|
| furtive | done in a quiet and secretive way to avoid being noticed : surreptitious |
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| heyday | the period of one's greatest popularity, vigor, or prosperity |
| legend | a story coming down from the past |
| sedentary | not migratory : settled |
| spoilsport | one who spoils the sport or pleasure of others |
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| dregs | sediment contained in a liquid or precipitated (see precipitate |