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 |
|---|---|
| prognosis | the prospect of recovery as anticipated from the usual course of disease or peculiarities of the case |
| reconcile | to restore to friendship or harmony |
| congruence | the quality or state of agreeing, coinciding, or being congruent |
| rejuvenate | to make young or youthful again : give new vigor to |
| sully | to make soiled or tarnished : defile |
| perpetuate | to make perpetual or cause to last indefinitely |
| blight | a disease or injury of plants marked by the formation of lesions, withering, and death of parts (such as leaves and tubers) |
| lilliputian | of, relating to, or characteristic of the Lilliputians or the island of Lilliput |
| mingle | to bring or mix together or with something else usually without fundamental loss of identity : intermix |
| reserve | to hold in reserve : keep back |