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 |
|---|---|
| cozen | to deceive, win over, or induce to do something by artful coaxing and wheedling or shrewd trickery |
| saccharine | of, relating to, or resembling that of sugar |
| exuberance | the quality or state of being exuberant |
| mollify | to soothe in temper or disposition : appease |
| prurient | marked by or arousing an immoderate or unwholesome interest or desire |
| extemporaneous | composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment : impromptu |
| prescience | foreknowledge of events: |
| sullen | gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed |
| cadaverous | of or relating to a corpse |
| winnow | to remove (something, such as chaff) by a current of air |