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

WordMeaning
functionaryone who serves in a certain function
digressionthe act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work
willfulobstinately and often perversely self-willed
garbledmade unclear or confusing : distorted or mixed up
slavishof or characteristic of someone held in forced servitude
voluminoushaving or marked by great volume or bulk : large
suturea strand or fiber used to sew parts of the living body
dismantleto disconnect the pieces of
meteoricof or relating to a meteor
stippleto engrave by means of dots and flicks