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CPS HSAT Vocabulary · Tier 2

conciliatory

adjective

Definition

intended to placate

In a sentence

He made a conciliatory remark.

Similar words

  • pacifying
  • appeasing

Why this word matters: conciliatory appears in academic reading at the 8th-grade level and is exactly the type of word that shows up on the CPS HSAT Reading section. Practice it in context with our spaced-repetition system at vocabulary.