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).

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excerpta passage (as from a book or musical composition) selected, performed, or copied : extract
trickleto issue or fall in drops
subpoenaa writ commanding a person designated in it to appear in court under a penalty for failure
subsistencereal being : existence
pulchritudephysical comeliness
ratiocinationthe process of exact thinking : reasoning
oatha solemn usually formal calling upon God or a god to witness to the truth of what one says or to witness that one sincerely intends to do what one says
addenduma thing added : addition
douseto plunge into water
lancea steel-tipped spear carried by mounted knights or light cavalry