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 |
|---|---|
| oust | to remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity |
| subterfuge | deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade |
| affirmation | the act of affirming |
| duress | forcible restraint or restriction |
| stately | marked by lofty or imposing dignity |
| hypothetical | involving or being based on a suggested idea or theory : being or involving a hypothesis : conjectural |
| bacchanalia | a Roman festival of Bacchus celebrated with dancing, song, and revelry |
| prop | something that props or sustains : support |
| cursory | rapidly and often superficially performed or produced : hasty |
| chalice | a drinking cup : goblet |