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Ameliorate

/əˈmiljəˌreɪt/
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(verb) To make better, or improve, something perceived to be in a negative condition.

Financial reforms may ameliorate the current economic difficulties.
Political reforms may ameliorate the living conditions of the poor.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The new laws were designed to ____ the living conditions of the poor.

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