ameliorate :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

v. teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment; "Cultivate your musical taste"; "Train your tastebuds"; "She is well schooled in poetry"

modify

v. make less severe or harsh or extreme; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage"

rectify

v. convert into direct current; "rectify alternating current"

recast, reforge, remodel

v. cast or model anew; "She had to recast her image to please the electorate in her home state"

appreciate, apprize, apprise, revalue

v. gain in value; "The yen appreciated again!"

advance, progress, pass on, move on, march on, go on

v. move forward, also in the metaphorical sense; "Time marches on"

fasten

v. become fixed or fastened; "This dress fastens in the back"

restore, reconstruct

v. return to its original or usable and functioning condition; "restore the forest to its original pristine condition"

continue, go on, carry on, proceed

v. continue talking; "I know it's hard," he continued, "but there is no choice"; "carry on--pretend we are not in the room"

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worsen, decline

v. grow worse; "Conditions in the slum worsened"

drop

v. fall or sink into a state of exhaustion or death; "shop til you drop"

regress, retrograde, retrogress

v. get worse or fall back to a previous condition

slip, drop off, drop away, fall away

v. get worse; "My grades are slipping"

die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it

v. pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer"; "The children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102"

become, go, get

v. enter or assume a certain state or condition; "He became annoyed when he heard the bad news"; "It must be getting more serious"; "her face went red with anger"; "She went into ecstasy"; "Get going!"

sink, drop, drop down

v. fall or descend to a lower place or level; "He sank to his knees"

fail, go wrong, miscarry

v. be unsuccessful; "Where do today's public schools fail?"; "The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably"

worsen, aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate

v. make worse; "This drug aggravates the pain"

fail, go wrong, miscarry

v. be unsuccessful; "Where do today's public schools fail?"; "The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably"

succeed, win, come through, bring home the bacon, deliver the goods

v. attain success or reach a desired goal; "The enterprise succeeded"; "We succeeded in getting tickets to the show"; "she struggled to overcome her handicap and won"

misdirect, misaddress

v. put a wrong address on; "misdirect the letter"

sink, drop, drop down

v. fall or descend to a lower place or level; "He sank to his knees"

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