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 |
|---|---|
| disinter | to take out of the grave or tomb |
| shoddy | a reclaimed wool from materials that are not felted that is of better quality and longer staple than mungo |
| stoic | a member of a school of philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium about 300 b.c. |
| impassable | incapable of being passed, traveled, crossed, or surmounted |
| pretentious | characterized by pretension: such as |
| unexceptionable | not open to objection or criticism : beyond reproach : unimpeachable |
| bicameral | having, consisting of, or based on two legislative chambers (see chamber |
| facile | easily accomplished or attained |
| interregnum | the time during which a throne is vacant between two successive reigns or regimes |
| squabble | a noisy altercation or quarrel usually over petty matters |