New Word A Day

Ameliorate

Pronounced:
< a-meal-e-o-rate >

To make something better.  Improve.

Daily use: 
You really did ameliorate my computer. 
It is running much faster now.

Memory trick:
ameliorate

amelio (almost rhymes with) = a meteor
rate (means) = rate

a meteor rate goes up

Listen: Ameliorate