Craft and StructureHardWord for making something worse
Craft and Structure practice question
Draining the marsh was meant to reduce flooding downstream, but by removing the land's capacity to hold water it only ____ the problem, and the floods of the following decade were the worst on record.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
- A. exacerbatedCorrect
- B. alleviated
- C. postponed
- D. clarified
Answer: A. exacerbated
Meant to reduce flooding; the worst floods followed. It made the problem worse.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. alleviated
- Alleviating would mean the floods lessened.
- C. postponed
- The floods came within a decade and were worse, not delayed.
- D. clarified
- Nothing about the problem became clearer.
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