Wrapping a strip of copper arround tin does not make an alloy; the tin and copper must be smelted at high heat to form the new metal, bronze.
Iron is alloyed with carbon and several other metals to produce steel.
Fourteen-karat gold is produced by alloying 24-karat pure gold with other metals.
amalgamate vt. 1. to join together into one; to unite; to combine; 2. to alloy into an amalgam
Many smaller companies were amalgamated to form some of todays 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.
ameliorate 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.
QUICK REVIEW #88
Match the word from column 2 with the word from column 1 that means most nearly the same thing.
1. advocate
2. advocate
3. affinity
4. affirm
5. aggrandize
6. agronomy
7. allegory
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