In each of the following sentences, there is one word underlined and one gap. From the list of words lettered A – D, choose the word that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the underlined word and that will, at the same time, correctly fill the gap in the sentences.
I took the drug to relieve my headache only for it to……………my condition
- alleviate
- provoke
- abate
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aggravate
