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 |
|---|---|
| mordant | biting and caustic in thought, manner, or style : incisive |
| ample | generous or more than adequate in size, scope, or capacity |
| brackish | somewhat salty |
| concatenate | linked together |
| rebuke | to criticize sharply : reprimand |
| decry | to depreciate (something, such as a coin) officially or publicly |
| remorse | a gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : self-reproach |
| taciturn | temperamentally disinclined to talk |
| perpetual | continuing forever : everlasting |
| turbid | thick or opaque with or as if with roiled sediment |