Choose the word closest in meaning to 'mitigate'.
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B. reduce the severity of
To 'mitigate' is to make something less harmful or serious.
Answer: reduce the severity of.
Why not the others: make worse: it means the opposite. measure carefully: that describes a different action. approve formally: it does not mean to approve.
Answer: reduce the severity of.
Why not the others: make worse: it means the opposite. measure carefully: that describes a different action. approve formally: it does not mean to approve.
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