GRE Word List
AMELIORATE
to make better or more tolerable
The meaning of the word ameliorate is to make better or more tolerable.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| codify | to reduce to a code |
| distinct | distinguishable to the eye or mind as being discrete (see discrete |
| dour | stern |
| crux | a puzzling or difficult problem : an unsolved question |
| inquisitor | one who inquires or makes inquisition |
| premonitory | giving warning |
| elicit | to call forth or draw out (something, such as information or a response) |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| plasticity | the quality or state of being plastic |
| ostracize | to exile by ostracism |