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
ornatemarked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric
hummocka rounded knoll or hillock
grimacea facial expression usually of disgust, disapproval, or pain
vivaciouslively in temper, conduct, or spirit : sprightly
unaccountablenot to be accounted for : inexplicable
spryable to move quickly, easily, and lightly : nimble
personifyto conceive of or represent as a person or as having human qualities or powers
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implacablenot placable : not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated
resolveto deal with successfully : clear up