SAT vocabulary
Alleviate
to make (suffering, deficiency, or a problem) less severe.
Example
"The new medication helped to alleviate her chronic pain."
Etymology
From Late Latin 'alleviatus', past participle of 'alleviare' meaning 'to lighten', from 'ad-' (to) + 'levis' (light).
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