GRE Word List
ALLEVIATE
relieve
The meaning of the word alleviate is relieve.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| perquisite | a privilege, gain, or profit incidental to regular salary or wages |
| attrition | sorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God |
| engage | to offer (something, such as one's life or word) as backing to a cause or aim : to expose to risk for the attainment or support of some end |
| whine | to utter a high-pitched plaintive or distressed cry |
| flout | to treat with contemptuous disregard : scorn |
| tenure | the act, right, manner, or term of holding something (such as a landed property, a position, or an office) |
| colossus | a statue of gigantic size and proportions |
| contortions | to twist in a violent manner |
| unaccountable | not to be accounted for : inexplicable |
| renovate | to restore to a former better state (as by cleaning, repairing, or rebuilding) |