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 |
|---|---|
| disburse | to pay out : expend especially from a fund |
| spontaneity | the quality or state of being spontaneous |
| disputatious | inclined to dispute |
| retract | to draw back or in |
| hail | precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps usually consisting of concentric layers of clear ice and compact snow |
| abstinence | the practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable |
| oracular | resembling an oracle (as in solemnity of delivery) |
| rickety | affected with rickets |
| impregnate | to cause to be filled, imbued, permeated, or saturated |
| amiable | friendly, sociable, and congenial |