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
direexciting horror
fraudulentcharacterized by, based on, or done by fraud : deceitful
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salientmoving by leaps or springs : jumping
cauterizeto sear with a cautery or caustic
indeterminatenot definitely or precisely determined or fixed : vague
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concertedmutually contrived or agreed on