palliate: 缓和;To make less severe or intense; mitigate
(v.) to alleviate or ease pain but not cure; to make appear less serious
The medication will help palliate the pain.
The lawyer attempted to palliate the offense to the jury.
Palliate <> intensify
palliate : propitiate = w
palliative : mitigate = encumbrance : hinder 缓解:缓和=妨碍:阻碍
symptom : palliative = pain : analgesic 症状:缓和的=疼痛:止痛的 (B is a drug to mollify A)
symptom : palliative = sensation : anesthetic
palliative : mitigate = encumbrance : hinder
palliative : mitigate = cumbersome : hinder 减轻的：减轻= 麻烦的：阻碍
palliative : symptom = analgesic : pain 缓解剂消除症状=镇痛剂消除疼痛
palliative..... curative (2011.06)
VITUPERATIVE : REVILE 责骂的：斥责
(A) palliative : mollify减轻的：减轻、平息
(B) corrosive : restore腐蚀的：归还
(C) elusive : search难懂得：搜索
(D) incisive : sharpen深刻的、尖锐的：尖锐
(E) N/A
新gre考试已经陆陆续续被很多考生体验过，根据ets的考察方向及考生的反应，新gre对单词的考察并没有降低反而还有所提高，因此备考新gre考试词汇仍是迫在眉睫的问题，俗话说：“万丈高楼平地起”只有精确熟练的掌握了词汇，才可能在征服新gre考试的道路上立于不败之地。
