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This week's theme Miscellaneous words This week's words eleemosynary obloquy palliate countervail excoriate Today's word in Visual Thesaurus Discuss Feedback RSS/XML A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg palliate PRONUNCIATION: (PAL-ee-ayt) MEANING: verb tr.: 1. To ease the symptoms of a problem without fixing its cause. 2. To make an offense appear less severe by excuses or apologies; extenuate. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin palliare (to cover), from pallium (cloak). USAGE: "When success came it palliated his sense of loss for a while." Frank Carrigan; John Lennon: The Life; Brisbane Times (Australia); Jan 9, 2009. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: I'd rather see a sermon than hear one any day; I'd rather one should walk with me than merely tell the way. -Edgar Guest, poet (1881-1959)

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