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.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
---|---|
lofty | elevated in character and spirit : noble |
abstract | disassociated from any specific instance |
magniloquent | speaking in or characterized by a high-flown often bombastic style or manner |
broach | brooch |
isthmus | a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas |
foresight | an act or the power of foreseeing : prescience |
sonnet | a fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of 14 lines that are typically 5-foot iambics rhyming according to a prescribed scheme |
homogeneous | of the same or a similar kind or nature |
acknowledge | to recognize the rights, authority, or status of |
profound | having intellectual depth and insight |