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
liquidateto determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness, damages, or accounts)
humusa brown or black complex variable material resulting from partial decomposition of plant or animal matter and forming the organic (see organic
polarof or relating to a geographic pole or the region around it
adjunctsomething joined or added to another thing but not essentially a part of it
porridgea soft food made by boiling meal of grains or legumes in milk or water until thick
dispassionatenot influenced by strong feeling
fettera chain or shackle for the feet
incidencerate of occurrence or influence
ancestryline of descent : lineage
marredto ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil