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 |
|---|---|
| self-righteous | convinced of one's own righteousness especially in contrast with the actions and beliefs of others : narrow-mindedly moralistic |
| insubstantial | not substantial: such as |
| amorous | strongly moved by love and especially sexual love |
| limpid | marked by transparency (see transparent |
| canto | one of the major divisions of a long poem |
| prude | a person who is excessively or priggishly attentive to propriety or decorum |
| jingoist | extreme chauvinism or nationalism marked especially by a belligerent foreign policy |
| windfall | something (such as a tree or fruit) blown down by the wind |
| propitiate | to gain or regain the favor or goodwill of : appease |
| optometrist | a specialist licensed to practice optometry compare ophthalmologist |