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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disparatemarkedly distinct in quality or character
sheerunqualified
murkycharacterized by a heavy dimness or obscurity caused by or like that caused by overhanging fog or smoke
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