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).
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|---|---|
| precept | a command or principle intended especially as a general rule of action |
| frolicsome | full of gaiety : playful |
| refuse | to express oneself as unwilling to accept |
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| infinitesimal | immeasurably or incalculably small |
| ecliptic | of or relating to the ecliptic or an eclipse |
| curfew | the sounding of a bell at evening |
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| hazard | a source of danger |
| contest | strive |