QOTD - Which of the following words is spelt correctly?

2019-08-14 | Team PendulumEdu

Options:

A. Armeliorate

B. Amarliorate

C. Ameliorate

D. Ameliorite

Solution: The word is correctly spelled as “AMELIORATE”, which means, “making something that has been bad or unsatisfactory, better”.

The usage of the word can be better understood with the help of this sentence-

“Our priority should be to ameliorate those circumstances.”

Synonyms: improve, better, enhance, amend

All the other words have been incorrectly spelled and can, therefore, be eliminated.

Hence, C is the correct answer.

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