GRE Word List
PALLIATE
to reduce the violence of (a disease)
The meaning of the word palliate is to reduce the violence of (a disease).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| frond | a large leaf (especially of a palm or fern) usually with many divisions |
| pretentious | characterized by pretension: such as |
| abridge | to shorten by omission of words without sacrifice of sense : condense |
| gape | to open the mouth wide |
| effusion | an act of effusing |
| fraught | full of or accompanied by something specified |
| comport | to be fitting : accord |
| refulgent | a radiant or resplendent quality or state : brilliance |
| cajole | to persuade with flattery or gentle urging especially in the face of reluctance : coax |
| centripetal | proceeding or acting in a direction toward a center or axis |