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 |
|---|---|
| celerity | rapidity of motion or action |
| deadpan | marked by an impassive matter-of-fact manner, style, or expression |
| incur | to become liable or subject to : bring down upon oneself |
| monumental | serving as or resembling a monument : massive |
| ulcer | a break in skin or mucous membrane with loss of surface tissue, disintegration and necrosis of epithelial tissue, and often pus |
| rag | a waste piece of cloth |
| rococo | rococo work or style |
| vestige | a trace, mark, or visible sign left by something (such as an ancient city or a condition or practice) vanished or lost |
| intoxicate | to excite or stupefy by alcohol or a drug especially to the point where physical and mental control is markedly diminished |
| circumscribe | to constrict (see constrict |