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
preento groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland
anointto smear or rub with oil or an oily substance
buoyanthaving buoyancy
mutterto utter sounds or words indistinctly or with a low voice and with the lips partly closed
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asunderinto parts
meniala person doing menial work
conglomeratemade up of parts from various sources or of various kinds