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 |
|---|---|
| declivity | downward inclination |
| defray | to provide for the payment of : pay |
| cadaverous | of or relating to a corpse |
| chastise | to censure severely : castigate |
| disjunction | a sharp cleavage : disunion |
| surmise | a thought or idea based on scanty evidence : conjecture |
| schism | division |
| turpitude | inherent baseness : depravity |
| kleptomaniac | a person evidencing kleptomania |
| perquisite | a privilege, gain, or profit incidental to regular salary or wages |
