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reconcile

Meaning

To cause to coexist in harmony; to make consistent or congruous.

Examples by difficulty

Basic: Simple, everyday vocabulary — the easiest to read.

After their big fight, they knew they had to find a way to reconcile their hurt feelings. They wanted to make their friendship coexist in harmony again, not be stuck arguing. It was time to make their feelings consistent and bring them back together.

The old farmer stared at the two different soil samples. One was rich and dark, perfect for his prize-winning pumpkins. The other was sandy and dry, useless on its own. He knew he had to find a way to reconcile them, to make them work together for the good of his entire field.

After years of stubborn silence, they finally sat across the worn kitchen table. He wanted to reconcile his past harsh words with the love he still felt, to make his current desire for peace consistent with the pain he'd caused. She, too, hoped they could reconcile, to let their shared future coexist with their broken past.

My cat, a fluffy tyrant, demands tuna *and* catnip at the same time. I'm trying to reconcile these conflicting desires by bribing him with a tiny hat. He looks furious, but at least he's not shredding the sofa... yet.

Barnaby the badger, a notorious sock thief, struggled to reconcile his love of fuzzy footwear with his roommate's irrational hatred for unmatched pairs. He’d try to make the rogue argyle and the lonely stripe coexist harmoniously, but the ensuing badger-and-human sock-drawer skirmishes were less than congruous.

Normal: Standard, everyday language.

After years of arguing, they finally found a way to reconcile their conflicting desires for a quiet life and a bustling social calendar. It wasn't easy, but by making concessions and understanding each other's needs, they discovered a way for both dreams to coexist harmoniously.

The ancient, moss-covered automatons, designed for silent observation, suddenly began emitting discordant chimes. Their programming demanded solitude, yet the emergent sentience yearned for connection. The lead technician worked tirelessly to reconcile these opposing impulses, hoping to make their metallic existence coexist in harmony with the newfound communal spirit.

The worn, velvet armchair was a stark contrast to the sleek chrome of the standing desk. For weeks, Amelia had tried to reconcile these opposing styles in her study, struggling to make the space feel both comfortable and productive. She finally settled on a rich, emerald rug that visually tied the disparate elements together, creating a surprisingly harmonious atmosphere.

My two cats, Bartholomew and Princess Fluffernutter, had a long-standing feud over the sunbeam. Bartholomew, a hulking Maine Coon, adored its warmth, while Princess Fluffernutter, a tiny Siamese, felt it was her personal tanning salon. Finally, I managed to reconcile their conflicting desires by strategically placing a second, equally sunny pillow nearby.

Bartholomew the badger, famed for his booming opera voice and his penchant for interpretive dance with garden gnomes, struggled to reconcile his two passions. He yearned to perform “Nessun Dorma” while pirouetting amongst the ceramic sprites, but the gnomes, frankly, weren’t cooperating with his choreography.

Advanced: Richer vocabulary that stretches an upper-level reader.

After years of bitter arguments, the siblings finally found a way to reconcile their differing views on the family business. Their shared love for their parents helped them make their opposing desires consistent, allowing them to coexist in harmony and move forward together.

The artisan struggled to reconcile the jagged edges of the reclaimed metal with the smooth, flowing curves envisioned for the kinetic sculpture. Frustration mounted as the disparate elements refused to unite, each piece asserting its own stubborn character, until a subtle adjustment in perspective finally allowed them to coexist harmoniously.

The sculptor struggled to reconcile the rough, unyielding granite with the delicate, flowing form envisioned for the bird's wing. Her frustration stemmed from the fundamental difference in materials, a dissonance she desperately needed to harmonize. This creative impasse demanded a new approach to make the disparate elements coexist.

My sock drawer was a chaotic vortex of single socks and lint. After a valiant, albeit futile, effort to reconcile the mismatched pairs, I decided my only recourse was to embrace the anarchy. Now, my feet proudly sport wildly clashing patterns, a testament to my newfound peace with the sartorial absurd.

Bartholomew, a renowned taxidermist of miniature badgers, struggled to reconcile his burgeoning collection of opera glasses with his wife's fervent aversion to all things ocular. His carefully curated collection of spiffily dressed badger dioramas, each sporting a tiny pair of opera glasses, now felt like a peculiar, albeit charming, domestic discord.

Challenging: Rare, high-register vocabulary for serious word lovers.

After years of discord, they strove to reconcile their differing ideologies, hoping their shared love for their children would foster congruity and harmony between their disparate beliefs, finally achieving a peaceful coexistence.

The disparate temporal strata, once a source of profound epistemological dissonance, began to reconcile as the chronodynamic harmonizer recalibrated. The observer, a seasoned cartographer of temporal anomalies, felt a palpable easing of cognitive strain, the fractured timelines now aligning into a coherent, albeit complex, tapestry of existence.

The scholar struggled to reconcile his empirical observations of the subatomic particles with the esoteric pronouncements of the ancient alchemists. His rational mind balked, yet a profound intuition urged him to find a way for these seemingly disparate truths to coexist harmoniously, making the abstract congruous with the tangible.

Bartholomew the badger, a creature of prodigious gourmandization, attempted to reconcile his insatiable appetite for pickled herring with his nascent veganism. He envisioned a veritable cornucopia of fermented sea cucumbers and kelp schnitzel, a culinary panegyric to his newfound principles, hoping his digestive tract would finally cease its vociferous remonstrations.

The perpetually bewildered gargoyle, Bartholomew, struggled to reconcile his predilection for collecting antique thimbles with his gargantuan, existential dread concerning the ephemeral nature of fungal bloom. His meticulously cataloged thimble hoard seemed ludicrously incongruous with the profound, disquieting insights gleaned from observing the phantasmagoric transience of mycelial networks.

Difficulty

Normal — Everyday words worth reinforcing.

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