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 |
|---|---|
| averse | having an active feeling of repugnance, dislike, or distaste |
| grandiloquent | a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language |
| sap | the fluid part of a plant |
| musky | having an odor of or resembling musk |
| licentious | lacking legal or moral restraints |
| prosody | the study of versification |
| illusory | based on or producing illusion : deceptive |
| actuate | to put into mechanical action or motion |
| outrage | an act of violence or brutality |
| accessory | an object or device that is not essential in itself but adds to the beauty, convenience, or effectiveness of something else |