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 |
|---|---|
| garbled | made unclear or confusing : distorted or mixed up |
| somnambulist | an abnormal condition of sleep in which motor acts (such as walking) are performed |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| pillage | the act of looting or plundering especially in war |
| rehabilitate | to restore to a former capacity : reinstate |
| prestige | standing or estimation in the eyes of people : weight or credit in general opinion |
| laconic | using or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious |
| plausible | superficially fair, reasonable, or valuable but often specious |
| simian | of, relating to, or resembling monkeys or apes |
| squander | to spend extravagantly or foolishly : dissipate |