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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| amok | an episode of sudden mass assault against people or objects usually by a single individual following a period of brooding that has traditionally been regarded as occurring especially in Malaysian culture but is now increasingly viewed as psychopathological behavior occurring worldwide in numerous countries and cultures |
| palpable | capable of being touched or felt : tangible |
| clarion | a medieval trumpet with clear shrill tones |
| apparent | open to view : visible |
| pretension | an allegation of doubtful value : pretext |
| invalid | not valid: |
| continence | the ability to retain a bodily discharge voluntarily |
| predetermine | foreordain |
| diffuse | being at once verbose and ill-organized |
| impetus | a driving force : impulse |