GRE Word List
ALLAY
to subdue or reduce in intensity or severity : alleviate
The meaning of the word allay is to subdue or reduce in intensity or severity : alleviate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fuss: | trouble or worry over trifles; make nervous; pay too much attention to; N: needless concern or worry (about a trivial thing); anxious nervous condition; display of attention; Ex. make a fuss over the baby |
| endearment | a word or an act (such as a caress) expressing affection |
| clemency | disposition to be merciful and especially to moderate the severity of punishment due |
| desultory | marked by lack of definite plan, regularity, or purpose |
| destitute | lacking something needed or desirable |
| transparent | having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid |
| trivia | unimportant matters : trivial facts or details |
| vendetta | blood feud |
| consequential | of the nature of a secondary result : indirect |
| fester | to generate pus |