Choose the word that is opposite in meaning to “MITIGATE”.
Aggravate
“Mitigate” means to make something less severe, serious or painful, for example to mitigate the effects of a drought.
“Diminish”, “alleviate” and “reduce” all mean to lessen something, so they are synonyms of the given word, not antonyms.
“Aggravate” means to make a problem or situation worse or more serious, which is the exact reverse of lessening its severity.
Hence, Aggravate.
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