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).

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WordMeaning
guffawa loud or boisterous burst of laughter
witticisma cleverly witty and often biting or ironic remark
wrytwist
propheticof, relating to, or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy
abdicateto renounce a throne, high office, dignity, or function
seedycontaining or full of seeds
vertebrateany of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life
corollarya proposition (see proposition
rarefiedbeing less dense
circumscribeto constrict (see constrict