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 |
|---|---|
| fawning | seeking or used to seek approval or favor by means of flattery |
| grimace | a facial expression usually of disgust, disapproval, or pain |
| unprepossessing | not tending to create a favorable impression : not prepossessing |
| bruise | an injury involving rupture of small blood vessels and discoloration without a break in the overlying skin : contusion |
| putrefy | to make putrid |
| forge | a furnace or a shop with its furnace where metal is heated and wrought : smithy |
| aspersion | a false or misleading charge meant to harm someone's reputation |
| interrogate | to question formally and systematically |
| gloss | a surface luster or brightness : shine |
| gnome | maxim |