ameliorate (verb)

  • 41upgrade — verb 1) there are plans to upgrade the rail system Syn: improve, modernize, update, bring up to date, make better, ameliorate, reform; rehabilitate, recondition, refurbish, spruce up, renovate, rejuvenate, overhaul; bring up to code …

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  • 42improve — verb 1) ways to improve the service Syn: make better, ameliorate, upgrade, refine, enhance, boost, build on, raise 2) communications improved Syn: get better, advance, progress …

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  • 43improve — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To make better] Syn. better, ameliorate, mend, amend, enhance, enrich, cultivate, revise, update, upgrade, elevate, polish, refine, purify, enlarge, touch up, edit, emend, civilize, educate, meliorate, landscape, develop,… …

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  • 44turn around — I noun turning in an opposite direction or position the reversal of the image in the lens • Syn: ↑reversal • Derivationally related forms: ↑reverse (for: ↑reversal) …

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  • 45correct — I (actual) adjective accepted, accurate, appropriate, approved, becoming, certain, comely, conscientious, convenable, convenial, customary, decent, decorous, definite, due, established, exact, exacting, factual, faultless, fitting, flawless,… …

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  • 46help — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. servant[s], staff, employees; aid, assistance, succor; relief, remedy. v. assist, serve, befriend; relieve, ameliorate, better. See aid, auxiliary. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Assistance] Syn. advice,… …

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  • 47reform — re·form /ri fȯrm/ vt 1: to put (a writing) into a corrected form that more accurately reflects the agreement of the parties allows a writing signed by mistake to be reform ed W. M. McGovern, Jr. et al. compare ratify 2: to induce or c …

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  • 48condition — noun 1 state of sth ADJECTIVE ▪ excellent, good, immaculate, mint, perfect, pristine ▪ reasonable ▪ bad …

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  • 49improve — I verb advance, ameliorate, amend, appreciate, beautify, correct, cultivate, cure, develop, doctor, edify, edit, elaborate, elevate, embellish, emend, enhance, ennoble, enrich, fix, flourish, gain, gain strength, heighten, help, increase,… …

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  • 50mitigate — mit·i·gate / mi tə ˌgāt/ vb gat·ed, gat·ing vt: to lessen or minimize the severity of what actions the State took to mitigate the hazardous conditions Estate of Arrowwood v. State, 894 P.2d 642 (1995) factors that mitigate the crime see also… …

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