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 |
|---|---|
| flout | to treat with contemptuous disregard : scorn |
| stratagem | an artifice or trick in war for deceiving and outwitting the enemy |
| demoniac | possessed or influenced by a demon |
| lucrative | producing wealth : profitable |
| skinflint | a person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means : miser |
| incapacitate | to deprive of capacity or natural power : disable |
| simplistic | excessively simple or simplified : treating a problem or subject with false simplicity by omitting or ignoring complicating factors or details |
| tipple | to drink liquor especially by habit or to excess |
| commiserate | to feel or express sympathy : condole |
| soothsayer | a person who predicts the future by magical, intuitive, or more rational means : prognosticator |