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 |
|---|---|
| whorl | a drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle |
| icon | a person or thing widely admired especially for having great influence or significance in a particular sphere |
| archives | a place in which public records or historical materials (such as documents) are preserved |
| innate | existing in, belonging to, or determined by factors present in an individual from birth : native |
| fulsome | characterized by abundance : copious |
| beneficial | producing good results or helpful effects : conferring benefits (see benefit |
| oblique | neither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined |
| convex | curved or rounded outward like the exterior of a sphere or circle |
| exodus | the mainly narrative second book of canonical Jewish and Christian Scripture see Bible Table |
| galaxy | milky way galaxy |