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Learn “Reconcile”

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Reconcile

verb/REK-uhn-syle/

Meaning

To make two people friends again after an argument, or to make two different things fit together.

In context

I couldn't reconcile the fact that my quiet classmate had won the state sprint final.

Remember it

Re + concile sounds like 'council' — a council meets to reconcile and settle a quarrel.

Use it well

Use for patching up a relationship, or for making clashing facts or accounts agree.