JAMB - English Language (2000 - No. 52)
Choose from the options opposite in meaning to the word underlined.
The project is designed to alleviate poverty in the country.
tackle
exacerbate
eradicate
assuage
解释
The word "alleviate" means to make something less severe or to reduce it—in this case, poverty. Therefore, the opposite would be to make poverty worse or to "exacerbate" it.