Direction: Complete the following sentence by choosing the most appropriate word/phrase from the options given below.
The labourers who were fired broke into the office building and destroyed some of the machinery. Rather than finding a solution to their problems, they ____________.
- Aextenuated the circumstance
- Bexacerbated the situation
- Cexaggerated their hardships
- Dextended their troubles
Reveal answer
Correct answer
B.exacerbated the situation
Reveal solution
Exacerbate = to make worse. Their violent response made the situation worse, not justified, exaggerated, or merely longer.