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Why not hightened (Question: 145995.0 )

Why not hightened

Question:
DIRECTIONS: Each question has a sentence with one blank. Below the question are five words, one of which can fill the blank to make the sentence meaningfully and grammatically correct. Choose the appropriate word.

The bloodshed in Yemen has _______, with hundreds of civilian casualties reported following increased Saudi Arabian air strikes on civilian areas.

Options:
A) heightened
B) decreased
C) exacerbated
D) magnified
E) exaggerated
Solution:
Ans: (c) exacerbated

Since the sentence speaks of hundreds of casualties after increased Saudi Arabian air strikes on civilian areas we can infer that the bloodshed in Yemen has increased’. So exacerbated’ a synonym of increased is the apt option. The rest of the options being inapt can be ruled out. 

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