(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