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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WordMeaning
slakesubside
docileeasily taught
venoma toxic substance produced by some animals (such as snakes, scorpions, or bees) that is injected into prey or an enemy chiefly by biting or stinging and has an injurious or lethal effect
quirkan abrupt twist or curve
advocateone who defends or maintains a cause or proposal
accelerateto move faster : to gain speed
defileto make unclean or impure: such as
consolidationthe act or process of consolidating : the state of being consolidated
diaphanouscharacterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through
exposurethe fact or condition of being exposed: such as