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 |
|---|---|
| arcade | a long arched building or gallery |
| imperil | to bring into peril : endanger |
| execrate | to declare to be evil or detestable : denounce |
| lateral | of or relating to the side |
| stanch | to check or stop the flowing of |
| sleazy | lacking firmness of texture : flimsy |
| hermetic | of or relating to the mystical and alchemical writings or teachings arising in the first three centuries a.d. |
| crotchety | given to crotchets (see crotchet |
| taciturn | temperamentally disinclined to talk |
| barefaced | having the face uncovered: |