ALLEVIATE (Adj.)

Meaning- 1) to reduce the pain or trouble of (something).

                        2) to make (something) less painful, difficult or severe.

Mnemonic trick- The word alleviate can be memorized by thinking that it is made up of two words ‘all’ and ‘vitamin’. If I eat tablets of all vitamins, symptoms of the disease will alleviate. Therefore, alleviate means to reduce the pain

Synonym- PALLIATE, ASSUAGE, RELIEVE

Uses-

•          The drugs did nothing to alleviate her pain.
•        The injection that doctor gave Susan was intended to alleviate the pain caused by her infected tooth.
•          Jim found that by keeping himself busy it helped to alleviate his sadness that was caused by the death of his lovable dog.