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
mutedbeing mute : silent
dribbleto issue sporadically and in small bits
obtusenot pointed or acute : blunt
pristinebelonging to the earliest period or state : original
trepidationa nervous or fearful feeling of uncertain agitation : apprehension
uprightperpendicular
indigentsuffering from extreme poverty : impoverished
vantagea position giving a strategic advantage, commanding perspective, or comprehensive view
subsistencereal being : existence
pellucidadmitting maximum passage of light without diffusion or distortion