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 |
|---|---|
| chronicle | a historical account of events arranged in order of time usually without analysis or interpretation |
| terminal | leading ultimately to death : fatal |
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| bantering | to speak to or address in a witty and teasing manner |
| prerogative | an exclusive or special right, power, or privilege: such as |
| celestial | of, relating to, or suggesting heaven or divinity |
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| browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |
| plumb | a lead weight attached to a line and used to indicate a vertical direction |
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