GRE Word List
ALLEVIATE
relieve
The meaning of the word alleviate is relieve.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| injurious | inflicting or tending to inflict injury : detrimental |
| thrall | a state of servitude or submission |
| ludicrous | amusing or laughable through obvious absurdity, incongruity, exaggeration, or eccentricity |
| redress | to set right : remedy |
| manifold | marked by diversity or variety |
| extenuate | to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses : mitigate |
| colossus | a statue of gigantic size and proportions |
| stratagem | an artifice or trick in war for deceiving and outwitting the enemy |
| amnesia | loss of memory due usually to brain injury, shock, fatigue, repression, or illness |
| ostensible | intended for display : open to view |