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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| retard | to delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment |
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| fiend | devil |
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