SAT Word of the Day: exacerbate
April 20, 2009 by Adam
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exacerbate (v.)
From Dictionary.com:
1. to increase the severity, bitterness, or violence of (disease, ill feeling, etc.); aggravate.
2. to embitter the feelings of (a person); irritate; exasperate.
In a sentence:
“Scratching at a rash will only exacerbate the reddness and itch.”
