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 |
|---|---|
| maniacal | affected with or suggestive of madness |
| mite | any of numerous small acarid arachnids that often infest animals, plants, and stored foods and include important disease vectors |
| lunar | crescent |
| eddy | a current of water or air running contrary to the main current |
| temerity | unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition : rashness |
| gleam | a transient appearance of subdued or partly obscured light |
| brawl | to quarrel or fight noisily : wrangle |
| rakish | of, relating to, or characteristic of a rake : dissolute |
| neophyte | a new convert : proselyte |
| ruffian | a brutal person : bully |