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).

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receptiveable or inclined to receive
misapprehensionto apprehend wrongly : misunderstand
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quashto suppress or extinguish summarily and completely
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muskyhaving an odor of or resembling musk
aperturean opening or open space : hole
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