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 |
|---|---|
| grim | fierce in disposition or action : savage |
| embody | to give a body to (a spirit) : incarnate |
| outlaw | a person excluded from the benefit or protection of the law |
| arsenal | an establishment for the manufacture or storage of arms and military equipment |
| vampire | the reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep |
| douse | to plunge into water |
| cosmic | of or relating to the cosmos, the extraterrestrial vastness, or the universe in contrast to the earth alone |
| rightful | just |
| opiate | an alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance |
| deluge | an overflowing of the land by water |