新gre詞匯palliate

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palliate: 緩和;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 緩解:緩和=妨礙:阻礙
    symptom : palliative = pain : analgesic 癥狀:緩和的=疼痛:止痛的 (B is a drug to mollify A)
    symptom : palliative = sensation : anesthetic
    palliative : mitigate = encumbrance : hinder
    palliative : mitigate = cumbersome : hinder 減輕的:減輕= 麻煩的:阻礙
    palliative : symptom = analgesic : pain 緩解劑消除癥狀=鎮(zhèn)痛劑消除疼痛
    palliative..... curative (2011.06)
    VITUPERATIVE : REVILE 責罵的:斥責
    (A) palliative : mollify減輕的:減輕、平息
    (B) corrosive : restore腐蝕的:歸還
    (C) elusive : search難懂得:搜索
    (D) incisive : sharpen深刻的、尖銳的:尖銳
    (E) N/A