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Ameliorate, v.

Pronunciation: əˈmēlyəˌrāt

Meaning: To ameliorate is to take something bad or undesirable and make it better somehow; to make more tolerable.

Usage:

  • Take this medicine, as it will help ameliorate the pain.
  • His reforms did much to ameliorate living standards.
  • Although this environment is in utter disarray, it will take me no more than 90 minutes to organize things and ameliorate the chaos.

Ara Norwood is a multi-faceted and results-oriented professional. Spanning a multiplicity of disciplines including leadership, management, innovation, strategy, service, sales, business ethics, and entrepreneurship. Ara is also a historian, having special expertise on the era of the founding of our republic.
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