Ameliorate [Verb]

Sentence: What the trio of economists found is that the spectacular growth in incomes at the peak has so outpaced the small increase at the bottom from public programs intended to ameliorate poverty and inequality that the gap between the wealthiest and everyone else has continued to widen. [Source: www.nytimes.com]

Meaning: Make (something bad or unsatisfactory) better

How To Remember?

You “rate” something in the hope that it becomes better, right? Or else, why go through the trouble of rating!

Alternatively, you can also remember it as the opposite of “deteriorate” which means to worsen things.

Synonyms?

Improve; Amend; Better; Enhance; Enrich; Help; Meliorate; Refine; Upgrade.

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