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 |
|---|---|
| malignant | tending to produce death or deterioration |
| quench | put out |
| quotidian | occurring every day |
| confidential | marked by intimacy or willingness to confide |
| heedless | not taking heed : inconsiderate |
| crypt | a chamber (such as a vault) wholly or partly underground |
| blanch | to take the color out of |
| notable | worthy of note : remarkable |
| waver | to vacillate irresolutely between choices : fluctuate in opinion, allegiance, or direction |
| respiration | the movement of air or dissolved gases into and out of the lungs |