Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the one which is most nearly in meaning to the given word.

Assuage

  1. alleviate

  2. aggravate

  3. distress

  4. help
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Explanation

Assuage means to make an unpleasant feeling less intense, to soothe, calm, or satisfy. "Alleviate" best captures this meaning of relieving or reducing something painful or distressing. "Aggravate" and "distress" are opposites.

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