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 |
|---|---|
| conglomeration | the act of conglomerating : the state of being conglomerated |
| retain | to keep in possession or use |
| tumid | marked by swelling : swollen |
| tentative | not fully worked out or developed |
| annul | to declare or make legally invalid or void |
| unrequited | not requited : not reciprocated or returned in kind |
| parable | a usually short fictitious story that illustrates a moral attitude or a religious principle |
| gallows | a frame usually of two upright posts and a transverse beam from which criminals are hanged |
| precursor | one that precedes and indicates the approach of another |
| lineage | descent in a line from a common progenitor |