Test by Bikram | Mock GATE | Test 1 | Question: 58

Question

While nurturing parents can compensate for adversity, cold or inconsistent parents may ____________  it.

• A. Exacerbate
• B. Neutralize
• C. Eradicate
• D. Ameliorate

Answer 1

The clues lie in nurturing parents and cold or inconsistent parents . In those bold words.

Nurturing parents can compensate for adversity i.e. they can mitigate it to an extent . However, the opposite i.e. cold or inconsistent  parents may worsen the adversity i.e. exacerbate it ( make it worse ).

Answer 2

why answer A?

Comments

yes, exacerbate means make a problem  worse .

this option only match with the essence of the sentence.

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If you don't mind explain the sentence meaning.

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The clues lie in nurturing parents and cold or inconsistent parents ; if the nurturing parents can compensate then the cold or inconsistent parents will worsen the matter.

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Thanks