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 |
|---|---|
| pied | of two or more colors in blotches |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| engross | to copy or write in a large hand |
| humus | a brown or black complex variable material resulting from partial decomposition of plant or animal matter and forming the organic (see organic |
| redoubtable | causing fear or alarm : formidable |
| swindler | to obtain money or property by fraud or deceit |
| hone | to sharpen or smooth with a whetstone |
| inculcate | to teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions |
| expatiate | to move about freely or at will : wander |
| effeminate | having feminine qualities untypical of a man : not manly in appearance or manner |