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 |
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declivity | downward inclination |
defray | to provide for the payment of : pay |
cadaverous | of or relating to a corpse |
chastise | to censure severely : castigate |
disjunction | a sharp cleavage : disunion |
surmise | a thought or idea based on scanty evidence : conjecture |
schism | division |
turpitude | inherent baseness : depravity |
kleptomaniac | a person evidencing kleptomania |
perquisite | a privilege, gain, or profit incidental to regular salary or wages |