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 |
|---|---|
| smudge | to make a smudge on |
| exult | to be extremely joyful : rejoice |
| gainsay | to declare to be untrue or invalid |
| valedictory | of or relating to a valediction : expressing or containing a farewell |
| verbalize | to express something in words |
| valediction | an act of bidding farewell |
| rent | property (such as a house) rented or for rent |
| choice | the act of choosing : selection |
| stricture | an abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage |
| compromise | settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions |