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 |
|---|---|
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
| ravenous | rapacious |
| impalpable | incapable of being felt by touch : intangible |
| academic | of, relating to, or associated with an academy or school especially of higher learning |
| lascivious | filled with or showing sexual desire : lewd |
| morgue | a place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy |
| molten | fused or liquefied by heat : melted |
| reminiscence | apprehension of a Platonic idea as if it had been known in a previous existence |
| reconcile | to restore to friendship or harmony |
| admonish | to indicate duties or obligations to |