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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| excerpt | a passage (as from a book or musical composition) selected, performed, or copied : extract |
| trickle | to issue or fall in drops |
| subpoena | a writ commanding a person designated in it to appear in court under a penalty for failure |
| subsistence | real being : existence |
| pulchritude | physical comeliness |
| ratiocination | the process of exact thinking : reasoning |
| oath | a solemn usually formal calling upon God or a god to witness to the truth of what one says or to witness that one sincerely intends to do what one says |
| addendum | a thing added : addition |
| douse | to plunge into water |
| lance | a steel-tipped spear carried by mounted knights or light cavalry |