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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| warble | a melodious succession of low pleasing sounds |
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| sagacious | of keen and farsighted penetration and judgment : discerning |
| hibernal | of, relating to, or occurring in winter |
| atheistic | a person who does not believe in the existence of a god or any gods : one who subscribes to or advocates atheism |
| nettle | any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs |
| brunt | the principal force, shock, or stress (as of an attack) |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| infinitesimal | immeasurably or incalculably small |
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