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 |
|---|---|
| listless | characterized by lack of interest, energy, or spirit |
| oblivious | lacking remembrance, memory, or mindful attention |
| inductive | of, relating to, or employing mathematical or logical induction |
| brochure | pamphlet |
| duplicity | contradictory doubleness of thought, speech, or action |
| fussy | easily upset : irritable |
| purse | a small bag for money |
| specious | having a false look of truth or genuineness : sophistic |
| psychic | of or relating to the psyche : psychogenic |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |