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 |
|---|---|
| slither | to slide on or as if on a loose gravelly surface |
| slovenly | untidy especially in personal appearance |
| demise | death |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |
| heed | to pay attention |
| grunt | to utter a grunt |
| preeminent | having paramount rank, dignity, or importance : outstanding |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| rococo | rococo work or style |
| evoke | to call forth or up: such as |