Ameliorate (uh-meel-yuh-reyt)
To ameliorate is to make something better or more tolerable.
Their living conditions were substantially ameliorated when their landlord installed washing machines and dryers in the basement.
(Sources: Mastering the Miller Analogies Test, Arco, 2006; http://www.milleranalogies.com/; http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ameliorate; https://www.writersnetwork.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/destination_site_medium/fotolia/Fotolia_26433814_Subscription_L.jpg)
(Compiled by Otto Ladensack for Patricia Ladensack)
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