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
desiccateto dry up
cravenlacking the least bit of courage : contemptibly fainthearted
resortone that affords aid or refuge : resource
suppliantsupplicant
gruelingtrying or taxing to the point of exhaustion : punishing
collagean artistic composition made of various materials (such as paper, cloth, or wood) glued on a surface
obtusenot pointed or acute : blunt
puerilejuvenile
hummocka rounded knoll or hillock
machinationsan act of machinating