Which word means "to make a problem or bad situation worse"?

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A Exascerbate
B Exacerbate
C Exasurbate
D Exaccerbate

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Answer: B. Exacerbate

Explanation: This is a tricky "twin" because people often want to add an 's' (Exascerbate) after the 'x', but the 'c' alone follows the 'x'.

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Which word means "to make a problem or bad situation worse"?

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