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 |
|---|---|
| discrete | constituting a separate entity : individually distinct |
| illuminate | to supply or brighten with light |
| abate | to decrease in force or intensity |
| negate | to deny the existence or truth of |
| behoove | to be necessary, proper, or advantageous for |
| quack | to make the characteristic cry of a duck |
| ablution | the washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite) |
| embellish | to make beautiful with ornamentation : decorate |
| annals | a record of events arranged in yearly sequence |
| demise | death |