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

WordMeaning
garrulousgiven to prosy, rambling, or tedious loquacity : pointlessly or annoyingly talkative
unmitigatednot lessened : unrelieved
apocryphalof doubtful authenticity : spurious
reconditedifficult or impossible for one of ordinary understanding or knowledge to comprehend : deep
impoverishto make poor
connubialof or relating to the married state : conjugal
exiguousexcessively scanty : inadequate
grottocave
paramountsuperior to all others : supreme
unimpeachablenot impeachable: such as