GRE Word List

EXACERBATE

to make more violent, bitter, or severe

The meaning of the word exacerbate is to make more violent, bitter, or severe.

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WordMeaning
tribulationdistress or suffering resulting from oppression or persecution
distortto twist (see twist
ancestryline of descent : lineage
rigorharsh inflexibility in opinion, temper, or judgment : severity
analogya comparison of two otherwise unlike things based on resemblance of a particular aspect
ruminantan animal that chews the cud
promulgateto make (an idea, belief, etc.) known to many people by open declaration : proclaim
solicitorone that solicits
peerone that is of equal standing with another : equal
spoonerisma transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil)