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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WordMeaning
sordidmarked by baseness or grossness : vile
casualtya military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action
neophytea new convert : proselyte
relishcharacteristic flavor
benevolentmarked by or disposed to doing good
tantalizeto tease or torment by or as if by presenting something desirable to the view but continually keeping it out of reach
onerousinvolving, imposing, or constituting a burden : troublesome
tractablecapable of being easily led, taught, or controlled : docile
mollycoddleto treat with an excessive or absurd degree of indulgence and attention
abateto decrease in force or intensity