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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husbandry | the cultivation or production of plants or animals : agriculture |
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prolific | producing young or fruit especially freely : fruitful |
lucid | suffused with light : luminous |
exclaim | to cry out or speak in strong or sudden emotion |
apiarist | beekeeper |
abet | to actively second and encourage (something, such as an activity or plan) |
progenitor | an ancestor in the direct line : forefather |
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missive | a written communication : letter |