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

WordMeaning
modean arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval
expedientsuitable for achieving a particular end in a given circumstance
chastiseto censure severely : castigate
wilyfull of wiles : crafty
gallbrazen boldness coupled with impudent assurance and insolence
politypolitical organization
obituarya notice of a person's death usually with a short biographical account
plaintiveexpressive of suffering or woe : melancholy
murmura half-suppressed or muttered complaint : grumbling
misdemeanora crime less serious than a felony (see felony