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 |
|---|---|
| recount | to relate in detail : narrate |
| wry | twist |
| stoop | to bend the body or a part of the body forward and downward sometimes simultaneously bending the knees |
| equivocal | subject to two or more interpretations and usually used to mislead or confuse |
| stentorian | extremely loud |
| charlatan | quack |
| omnipresent | present in all places at all times |
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| prolific | producing young or fruit especially freely : fruitful |