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 |
|---|---|
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| behoove | to be necessary, proper, or advantageous for |
| molt | to shed hair, feathers, shell, horns, or an outer layer periodically |
| surpass | to become better, greater, or stronger than : exceed |
| beleaguer | besiege |
| resound | to become filled with sound : reverberate |
| inkling | a slight knowledge or vague notion |
| exclaim | to cry out or speak in strong or sudden emotion |
| obviate | to anticipate and prevent (something, such as a situation) or make (an action) unnecessary |
| attest | to affirm to be true or genuine |