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 |
|---|---|
| knell | a stroke or sound of a bell especially when rung slowly (as for a death, funeral, or disaster) |
| hurtle | to move rapidly or forcefully |
| effeminate | having feminine qualities untypical of a man : not manly in appearance or manner |
| colloquy | conversation |
| palpitate | to beat rapidly and strongly : throb |
| malingerer | to pretend or exaggerate incapacity or illness (as to avoid duty or work) |
| imperial | of, relating to, befitting, or suggestive of an empire or an emperor |
| disproportion | lack of proportion, symmetry, or proper relation : disparity |
| hindsight | perception of the nature of an event after it has happened |
| reduce | to draw together or cause to converge : consolidate |