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 |
|---|---|
| hew | to cut with blows of a heavy cutting instrument |
| compensatory | to be equivalent to : counterbalance |
| complaisant | marked by an inclination to please or oblige |
| evasive | tending or intended to evade : equivocal |
| transcendental | transcendent |
| atone | to make amends : to provide or serve as reparation or compensation for something bad or unwelcome |
| zealot | a zealous person |
| salvage | compensation paid for saving a ship or its cargo from the perils of the sea or for the lives and property rescued in a wreck |
| gastronomy | the art or science of good eating |
| militant | engaged in warfare or combat : fighting |