ameliorate

In a sentence

Six example sentences with ameliorate, each labelled with its topic.

• Rent subsidies ameliorated conditions in the worst blocks, though the waiting list itself grew longer every single year.

  Economics

• Planting shade trees along the terrace ameliorated the heat, and residents stopped abandoning the courtyard by noon each summer.

  Architecture

• Simply naming the worry aloud ameliorated the dread for most participants, though it never removed the feeling completely.

  Psychology

• The new drug does not cure the condition, but it ameliorates the stiffness enough for patients to dress themselves.

  Medicine

• Planting reeds along the bank ameliorated the erosion, though the river still takes a little soil each spring.

  Environment

• A lower fee ameliorated the fund's poor year, but its returns still trailed the index by four points.

  Finance

Found in these word lists

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More GMAT words

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• acumen
• insular
• chagrin
• censure
• scrupulous
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