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   Ex·ac·er·bate

   /iɡˈzasərˌbāt/

   

   verb

   • 1. make (a problem, bad situation, or negative feeling) worse: "the exorbitant cost of land in urban areas only exacerbated the problem"

   Word Origin mid 17th century: from Latin exacerbat- ‘made harsh’, from the verb exacerbare, from ex- (expressing inducement of a state) + acerbus ‘harsh, bitter’.

   Scrabble Points: 21

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