GRE Word List
MITIGATE
to cause to become less harsh or hostile : mollify
The meaning of the word mitigate is to cause to become less harsh or hostile : mollify.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| antiquated | outmoded or discredited by reason of age : old and no longer useful, popular, or accepted |
| diversion | the act or an instance of diverting or straying from a course, activity, or use : deviation |
| discerning | showing insight and understanding : discriminating |
| bigot | a person who is obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions and prejudices |
| headlong | headfirst |
| daze | to stupefy especially by a blow : stun |
| impinge | encroach |
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| transparent | having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid |
| drudgery | dull, irksome, and fatiguing work : uninspiring or menial labor |