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A: GRE Words
amalgamate (uh MAL guh MAYT) vt. 1. to join together into one; to unite; to
combine; 2. to alloy into an amalgam (an alloy of mercury and another metal, used
by dentists in fillings)
• Many smaller companies were amalgamated to form some of today’s corpo-
rate giants, such as General Electric and U.S. Steel.
• Mercury and silver are amalgamated to form the amalgam that is losing
popularity with dentists as a filling material.
[-d, amalgamating]
ameliorate (uh MEEL ee uh RAYT) vt. to make or become better; to improve
• A visit by a professional cleaning service should ameliorate the mess in our
living room.
• The automobile company recalled all 2004 model cars to ameliorate the
problem with the steering pump.
[-d, ameliorating] [Syn. improve]

QUICK REVIEW #88
Match the word from column 2 with the word from column 1 that means most
nearly the same thing.
1. advocate (vt.) a. connection
2. advocate (n.) b. relieve

3. affinity c. improve
4. affirm d. symbolism
5. aggrandize e. distribute
6. agronomy f. unite
7. allegory g. enrich
8. alleviate h. fuse
9. allocate i. support
10. alloy j. assert
11. amalgamate k. farming

12. ameliorate l. supporter
amenable (uh MEN i bl or uh MEEN i bl) adj. 1. responsive; answerable to;
2. controllable; submissive
• Would you be amenable to someone’s making you an offer for your car?
• Pneumonia is amenable to treatment with antibiotics.
[amenably adv.] [Syn. obedient]