Answer the following questions. Your answers should be clear and short.Decide whether the following statement is true or false, based on your understanding of the changes in word meaning. State your reason with one example.Elevation or amelioration refers to the process by which words rise from humble beginnings to positions of importance.
TRUE. 
SOME WORDS EARLY IN THEIR HISTORY SIGNIFIED SOMETHING QUITE LOW OR HUMBLE, BUT CHANGED AS TIME WENT BY TO DESIGNATE SOMETHING AGREEABLE OR PLEASANT. TAKE A COMMON TERM "NICE" FOR EXAMPLE. ITS ORIGINAL MEANING WAS "IGNORANT", THEN CHANGED TO "FOOLISH" AND NOW ELEVATED TO MEAN "DELIGHTFUL, PLEASANT". （MORE EXAMPLES: MARSHAL AND CONSTABLE MEANT A "KEEPER OF HORSES', BUT NOW HAVE RISEN TO A "HIGH RANKING ARMY OFFICER" AND "POLICEMAN" RESPECTIVELY.）
