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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adoreto worship or honor as a deity or as divine
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decadencethe process of becoming decadent : the quality or state of being decadent
ebullientboiling
schemea plan or program of action
runicany of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries
rebuffto reject or criticize sharply : snub
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