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 |
|---|---|
| intrigue | the practice of engaging in secret schemes |
| tensile | capable of tension : ductile |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
| mischance | bad luck |
| slovenly | untidy especially in personal appearance |
| cajole | to persuade with flattery or gentle urging especially in the face of reluctance : coax |
| extraneous | existing on or coming from the outside |
| redress | to set right : remedy |
| expletive | a syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense |
| celibate | of, relating to, or characterized by celibacy: |