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 |
|---|---|
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| expedient | suitable for achieving a particular end in a given circumstance |
| chastise | to censure severely : castigate |
| wily | full of wiles : crafty |
| gall | brazen boldness coupled with impudent assurance and insolence |
| polity | political organization |
| obituary | a notice of a person's death usually with a short biographical account |
| plaintive | expressive of suffering or woe : melancholy |
| murmur | a half-suppressed or muttered complaint : grumbling |
| misdemeanor | a crime less serious than a felony (see felony |