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 |
|---|---|
| expeditious | marked by or acting with prompt efficiency |
| rusticate | to go into or reside in the country : follow a rustic life |
| supplant | to supersede (another) especially by force or treachery |
| interpolate | to alter or corrupt (something, such as a text) by inserting new or foreign matter |
| prepossessing | creating prejudice |
| exceptionable | being likely to cause objection : objectionable |
| pending | during |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| foist | to introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant |
| confluence | a coming or flowing together, meeting, or gathering at one point |