Definition Challenge: Match the Words to Their Respective Meanings!

When a big problem becomes less serious, what does it do?

Retry Correct Incorrect Although it’s also correct to say that a rough situation has subsided when the problems start to clear up, the word “abate” is usually used specifically in cases where a negative or threatening situation is improving.

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When a big problem becomes less serious, what does it do?

• Conflagrate
• Abate
• Agate
• Cogitate