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 |
|---|---|
| resplendent | shining brilliantly : characterized by a glowing splendor |
| unassuming | not assuming : modest |
| swagger | to conduct oneself in an arrogant or superciliously pompous manner |
| nostrum | a medicine of secret composition recommended by its preparer but usually without scientific proof of its effectiveness |
| jocular | said or done as a joke : characterized by jesting : playful |
| linger | to be slow in parting or in quitting something : tarry |
| compensatory | to be equivalent to : counterbalance |
| evince | to constitute outward evidence of |
| dispirited | to deprive of morale or enthusiasm |
| poseur | a person who pretends to be what he or she is not : an affected or insincere person |