Question

Choose the opposite of the given word:
Mitigate
a)Expedite
b)Worsen
c)Slacken
d)Repair

Answer 1

Hint: Antonyms are words which have opposite meaning in comparison to the given word. Here, you need to find that opposite word for – mitigate.

Complete step-by-step answer:

  To mitigate something is to make it less severe, serious, and painful or lessen the gravity of a serious situation or mistake. For e.g. She helped to mitigate the problem in the lobby.
So, by understanding the meaning and usage we can easily go through the options and find the opposite word to mitigate. Now, let us look into the options provided to us –
Expedite – it means to make an action or process happen sooner or quickly.
Worsen – to make something worse.
Slacken – to make something slack or to reduce the speed or intensity of something.
Repair – to restore something that is damaged to its original form or the action of repairing something.
As you can see the opposite of the word mitigate (to make something less severe) can be the worsen (make something worse). Therefore, the correct solution for the above-given question is given an option – b.

Note: Carefully read the meaning of the given word and the options. After that use the elimination method to eliminate the words that are not the opposite of mitigate.