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 |
|---|---|
| simulate | to give or assume the appearance or effect of often with the intent to deceive : imitate |
| monastic | of or relating to monasteries or to monks or nuns |
| tantalize | to tease or torment by or as if by presenting something desirable to the view but continually keeping it out of reach |
| chicanery | deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry : trickery |
| perdition | eternal damnation |
| rabble | a disorganized or confused collection of things |
| disenfranchise | to deprive of a franchise, of a legal right, or of some privilege or immunity |
| pragmatic | relating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic |
| comestible | edible |
| indubitable | too evident to be doubted : unquestionable |