GRE Word List
ALLEVIATE
relieve
The meaning of the word alleviate is relieve.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| extant | currently or actually existing |
| refractory | resisting control or authority : stubborn |
| demean | to lower in character, status, or reputation |
| serendipity | the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for |
| precursor | one that precedes and indicates the approach of another |
| confidence | a feeling or consciousness of one's powers or of reliance on one's circumstances |
| menagerie | a place where animals are kept and trained especially for exhibition |
| prophylactic | guarding from or preventing the spread or occurrence of disease or infection |
| arrogance | an attitude of superiority manifested in an overbearing manner or in presumptuous claims or assumptions |
| withhold | to hold back from action : check |