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 |
|---|---|
| skulduggery | underhanded or unscrupulous behavior |
| devise | to form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent |
| putrescent | undergoing putrefaction : becoming putrid |
| grandiloquent | a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language |
| imbroglio | an acutely painful or embarrassing misunderstanding |
| pensive | musingly or dreamily thoughtful |
| abysmal | immeasurably low or wretched : extremely poor or bad |
| oath | a solemn usually formal calling upon God or a god to witness to the truth of what one says or to witness that one sincerely intends to do what one says |
| bigotry | obstinate or intolerant devotion to one's own opinions and prejudices : the state of mind of a bigot |
| barefaced | having the face uncovered: |