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 |
|---|---|
| bump | a relatively abrupt convexity or protuberance on a surface: such as |
| expiate | to make amends for |
| dissemble | to hide under a false appearance |
| meter | systematically arranged and measured rhythm (see rhythm |
| fuss: | trouble or worry over trifles; make nervous; pay too much attention to; N: needless concern or worry (about a trivial thing); anxious nervous condition; display of attention; Ex. make a fuss over the baby |
| pragmatist | a practical approach to problems and affairs |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| piscatorial | piscatory |
| modicum | a small portion : a limited quantity |
| moribund | being in the state of dying : approaching death |