GRE Word List
ALLEVIATE
relieve
The meaning of the word alleviate is relieve.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| glaring | having a fixed look of hostility, fierceness, or anger |
| intermittent | coming and going at intervals : not continuous |
| fancier | one that has a special liking or interest |
| anvil | a heavy usually steel-faced iron block on which metal is shaped (as by hand hammering) |
| snivel | to run at the nose |
| dribble | to issue sporadically and in small bits |
| depravity | a corrupt act or practice |
| reprove | to scold or correct usually gently or with kindly intent |
| quibble | to evade the point of an argument by caviling about words |
| hostage | a person held by one party in a conflict as a pledge pending the fulfillment of an agreement |