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 |
|---|---|
| indeterminate | not definitely or precisely determined or fixed : vague |
| facile | easily accomplished or attained |
| flicker | to move irregularly or unsteadily : flutter |
| relegate | to send into exile : banish |
| excise | an internal tax levied on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of a commodity |
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| scintilla | spark |
| accolade | a mark of acknowledgment : award |
| jest | a joking or mocking remark |