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 |
|---|---|
| sophisticated | deprived of native or original simplicity: such as |
| wax | a substance that is secreted by bees and is used by them for constructing the honeycomb, that is a dull yellow solid plastic when warm, and that is composed primarily of a mixture of esters, hydrocarbons, and fatty acids : beeswax |
| inadvertently | unintentional |
| lush | growing vigorously especially with luxuriant foliage |
| conversant | having knowledge or experience |
| voyeur | someone who obtains sexual gratification from observing unsuspecting individuals who are partly undressed, naked, or engaged in sexual acts |
| tenet | a principle, belief, or doctrine generally held to be true |
| pauper | a person destitute of means except such as are derived from charity |
| draconian | of, relating to, or characteristic of Draco or the severe code of laws held to have been framed by him |
| sober | not intoxicated |