Each question contains a sentence with a blank. Below the sentence, 4 words are given out of which 2 can be used to fill the blank meaningfully. Choose the option that contains the words that can be used to fill the blank:
Raghu tried donating some money to the charity to __________ his guilt of having committed a crime.
(A) masquerade
(B) assuage
(C) exacerbate
(D) alleviate
From the sentence, it is clear that Raghu donated money to reduce his guilt.
Assuage and alleviate means to reduce.
Exacerbate means to increase.
Masquerade means to be an imposter.
As we can see, only Assuage and alleviate can fill the blank (B and D). Therefore, option C is the right answer.
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