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 |
|---|---|
| guffaw | a loud or boisterous burst of laughter |
| witticism | a cleverly witty and often biting or ironic remark |
| wry | twist |
| prophetic | of, relating to, or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy |
| abdicate | to renounce a throne, high office, dignity, or function |
| seedy | containing or full of seeds |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| corollary | a proposition (see proposition |
| rarefied | being less dense |
| circumscribe | to constrict (see constrict |