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 |
|---|---|
| sordid | marked by baseness or grossness : vile |
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| neophyte | a new convert : proselyte |
| relish | characteristic flavor |
| benevolent | marked by or disposed to doing good |
| tantalize | to tease or torment by or as if by presenting something desirable to the view but continually keeping it out of reach |
| onerous | involving, imposing, or constituting a burden : troublesome |
| tractable | capable of being easily led, taught, or controlled : docile |
| mollycoddle | to treat with an excessive or absurd degree of indulgence and attention |
| abate | to decrease in force or intensity |