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 |
|---|---|
| disinterested | not having the mind or feelings engaged (see engaged |
| cantankerous | difficult or irritating to deal with |
| jettison | to get rid of as superfluous or encumbering : omit or forgo as part of a plan or as the result of some other decision |
| imposture | the act or practice of deceiving by means of an assumed character or name |
| partition | the action of parting : the state of being parted : division |
| franchise | the right or license granted to an individual or group to market a company's goods or services in a particular territory |
| cardinal | a high ecclesiastical official of the Roman Catholic Church who ranks next below the pope and is appointed by him to assist him as a member of the college of cardinals (see college |
| propinquity | nearness of blood : kinship |
| novice | a person admitted to probationary membership in a religious community |
| fitful | characterized by fits or paroxysms |