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 |
|---|---|
| overwhelm | upset |
| pinch | to squeeze between the finger and thumb or between the jaws of an instrument |
| warranted | sanction |
| stygian | of or relating to the river Styx |
| premonitory | giving warning |
| vampire | the reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep |
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |
| febrile | marked or caused by fever : feverish |
| dupe | one that is easily deceived or cheated : fool |
| adventitious | coming from another source and not inherent or innate |