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 |
|---|---|
| dispassionate | not influenced by strong feeling |
| fringe | an ornamental border consisting of short straight or twisted threads or strips hanging from cut or raveled edges or from a separate band |
| covetous | marked by inordinate desire for wealth or possessions or for another's possessions |
| humor | that quality which appeals to a sense of the ludicrous or absurdly incongruous : a funny or amusing quality |
| chide | to speak out in angry or displeased rebuke |
| canto | one of the major divisions of a long poem |
| enrapture | to fill with delight |
| fawning | seeking or used to seek approval or favor by means of flattery |
| trifle | something of little value, substance, or importance |
| partiality | the quality or state of being partial : bias |