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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hinterlands | a region lying inland from a coast |
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| obsolete | no longer in use or no longer useful |
| pragmatic | relating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic |
| rationale | an explanation of controlling principles of opinion, belief, practice, or phenomena |
| ductile | capable of being drawn out (see draw |
| indoctrinate | to imbue with a usually partisan or sectarian opinion, point of view, or principle |
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| grumble | to mutter in discontent |
| succumb | to yield to superior strength or force or overpowering appeal or desire |