GRE Word List
ASSUAGE
to lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses) : ease
The meaning of the word assuage is to lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses) : ease.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| chicanery | deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry : trickery |
| satiate | filled to satiety |
| milieu | the physical or social setting in which something occurs or develops : environment |
| confine | something (such as borders or walls) that encloses |
| fathom | a unit of length equal to six feet (1.83 meters) used especially for measuring the depth of water |
| beatific | of, possessing, or imparting beatitude |
| propriety | the quality or state of being proper or suitable : appropriateness |
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| mannered | having manners of a specified kind |
| accord | to grant or give especially as appropriate, due, or earned |