GRE Word List
AMELIORATE
improve
The meaning of the word ameliorate is improve.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| jovial | good-natured; merry; cheerful |
| palpable | tangible; (of something bad) easily perceptible; obvious; Ex. palpable blunder |
| obelisk | tall column tapering(becoming gradually narrower toward the end) and ending in a pyramid |
| maroon | leave helpless on a deserted island or coast; ADJ. red brown |
| mundane | worldly as opposed to spiritual; everyday; of the ordinary; Ex. mundane existence; CF. world |
| luster | shine; gloss (of a polished surface) |
| pith | core or marrow; spongelike substance in the center of stems; essence; substance |
| indigent | poor; destitute |
| pterodactyl | extinct flying reptile; CF. wing+finger |
| genteel | well-bred; elegant; striving to convey an appearance of refinement; Ex. genteel poverty |
