Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the best answer from the options which is nearest in meaning to the given word.

exasperate

  1. improve

  2. aggravate

  3. <font face="Arial">snaguine</font>

  4. <font face="Arial">placate</font>
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B Correct answer
Explanation

To exasperate means to irritate or frustrate intensely. Aggravate means to make worse or annoy - a valid synonym. Improve is opposite, sanguine (likely intended in garbled option C) means optimistic, and placate means to calm or appease.

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