GRE Word List
AMELIORATE
to make better or more tolerable
The meaning of the word ameliorate is to make better or more tolerable.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| perturb | to cause to be worried or upset : disquiet |
| dabble | to work or involve oneself superficially or intermittently especially in a secondary activity or interest |
| viscous | having a thick or sticky consistency : viscid |
| chase | the hunting of wild animals |
| partial | of or relating to a part rather than the whole : not general or total |
| sheaf | a quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together |
| whelp | any of the young of various carnivorous mammals and especially of the dog |
| largess | liberal giving (as of money) to or as if to an inferior |
| delineate | to describe, portray, or set forth with accuracy or in detail |
| putrid | being in a state of putrefaction : rotten |