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 |
|---|---|
| habituate | to make used to something : accustom |
| paragon | a model of excellence or perfection |
| xenophobia | fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign |
| harangue | a speech addressed to a public assembly |
| rebate | to reduce the force or activity of : diminish |
| commemorate | to call to remembrance |
| extrapolation | to predict by projecting past experience or known data |
| biennial | occurring every two years |
| outwit | to get the better of by superior cleverness : outsmart |
| prey | an animal taken by a predator as food |