ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsAameliorate
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ameliorate
Meaning: to make a bad situation better
ameliorate in a sentence
How ameliorate is used in real sentences:
The new policy helped ameliorate working conditions in the factory.
Volunteers worked to ameliorate conditions at the overcrowded shelter.
“Still, combining measurements could ameliorate those failures, because motion data helped analysts recognize when electrical readings had become unreliable.”
— from the passage Signals After Midnight
Synonyms for ameliorate
Other words for ameliorate — improve, better and upgrade — carry the same meaning.
- improve
- better
- upgrade
Antonyms of ameliorate
Words that mean the opposite of ameliorate:
- worsen
- deteriorate
Where it comes from
From French ameliorer, from Latin melior 'better'
Memory hook
A-MELIOR-ate — MELIOR means 'better' in Latin, so it's making things better.
Practice ameliorate in the app