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 |
|---|---|
| sect | a dissenting or schismatic religious body |
| cloister | a monastic establishment |
| hiatus | a break in or as if in a material object : gap |
| eerie | so mysterious, strange, or unexpected as to send a chill up the spine |
| wispy | a small handful (as of hay or straw) |
| opiate | an alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance |
| extrapolation | to predict by projecting past experience or known data |
| immune | not susceptible or responsive |
| haunt | to visit often : frequent |
| irresolute | uncertain how to act or proceed : vacillating |