This week, all of Ms. Bourque's English classes selected exacerbate as the word of the week. Exacerbate means, "to increase the severity, bitterness, or violence of, to aggravate" or, "to embitter the feelings of, irritate, exasperate." Here are some of the sentences we created to demonstrate our understanding of the word:
1. My mom knew the truth about me skipping class, so my lie only exacerbated the situation.
2. Jerome was in an argument with the police when he exacerbated the situation by pulling a gun.
3. Mayowa had a bad sunburn, and Sam exacerbated the pain when she smacked him.
