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
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pulpit | an elevated platform or high reading desk used in preaching or conducting a worship service |
oculist | ophthalmologist |
dyspeptic | indigestion |
annex | to attach as a quality, consequence, or condition |
litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
pestle | a usually club-shaped implement for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar see mortar illustration |
aggrandize | to make great or greater : increase |
conjure | to charge or entreat earnestly or solemnly |
enfranchise | to set free (as from slavery) |
substantiate | to give substance or form to : embody |