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 |
|---|---|
| layman | a person who is not a member of the clergy |
| sonorous | producing sound (as when struck) |
| glamor | an exciting and often illusory and romantic attractiveness |
| retrieve | to locate and bring in (killed or wounded game) |
| correlate | either of two things so related that one directly implies or is complementary to the other (such as husband and wife) |
| iridescent | having or exhibiting iridescence |
| vindicate | to free from allegation or blame |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| malleable | capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer or by the pressure of rollers |
| prefatory | of, relating to, or constituting a preface |