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aggravate

What does “aggravate” mean?

Part of Speech: verb

Pronunciations: IPA: /ˈæ.grə.veɪt/ Glossary-style: [A-gruh-vate]

Definition: make worse (Ex: to aggravate a wound).

Example: The noise of the construction outside only aggravated Michelle’s pounding headache.

Practice vocab question for “aggravate”

Which of the following describes an act of aggravating something?
(A) Cleaning a wound
(B) Reacting in anger to a teacher who has given you a low grade
(C) Ignoring the trivial details of something
(D) Describing a theory in detail
(E) Forgetting to sign your name to a letter

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