Exacerbate: UK /ɪɡ Zæs.ə.beɪt/ US/ɪɡ Zæs.ɚ.beɪt

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Exacerbate (verb) UK /ɪɡˈzæs.ə.beɪt/ US/ɪɡˈzæs.ɚ.

beɪt/

Simple past (v2): exacerbated


Past participle(v3): excacerbated
Definition: making the current situation more severe or worse
Ex: The car crash has been exacerbated by my superficial knowledge

Aggravate verb UK /ˈæɡ.rə.veɪt/ US/ˈæɡ.rə.veɪt/

V2, v3: aggravated


Definition:

 To make a bad situation worse


 To make disease worse
 To annoy someone ( informal )
Ex: The noise from the construction site aggravates my headache

Extravagant adjective UK /ɪkˈstræv.ə.ɡənt/ US /ɪkˈstræv.ə.ɡənt/


Extravagantly ( adv )
Extravagance ( n ) ( C & U )

Definition:
spending or costing a lot of money, especially more than is necessary or more than you
can afford

Ex:
Extravagant with: Don’t be too extravagant with unnecssary things!
Extravagant of : It’s quite extravagant of me to afford a latest laptop at the moment!

Unanimous adjective UK /juːˈnæn.ɪ.məs/ US /juːˈnæn.ə.məs/


Unanimously (adv)

Definition: a group of people are agree about one particular matter or vote the same
way
Ex: The shareholders are virtually unanimous about my becoming a chairwoman in this
tenure
Ruminate verb UK /ˈruː.mɪ.neɪt/ US /ˈruː.mə.neɪt/
V2,v3: Ruminated

Definition:

To think carefully and for a long period about something

BIOLOGY ( of particar types of animal ) : Chewing food again ( nhai lại )

Ex: Most people spend hours ruminating and worrying about things that are
outside of our control, and might never even happen

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