Question

* Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

By any sensible logic, fighting terrorism with war is only counter-productive and in the long run only adds fuel to the fire.

A. improve

B. ameliorate

C. recover

D. exacerbate

Answer 1

Chọn D       Đáp án D. exacerbate: làm trầm trọng hơn = adds fuel to the fire (idiom): thêm dầu vào lửa

A. improve: cải thiện

B. ameliorate: cải thiện

D. recover: hồi phục