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Read the definition below:

Exacerbate: verb [trans] make (a problem, a bad situation, or negative feeling) worse: the forest fire was exacerbated by the lack of rain.

Which sentence uses a form of the word correctly? (1 point)

Her family has plenty of money; they constantly exacerbate about it.
His work lives up to exacerbating standards.
My sister constantly overstates her reading ability; she exacerbates what she can do.
The soup was already very salty; she exacerbated the problem by adding more salt.

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Answer:

The soup was already very salty; she exacerbated the problem by adding more salt.

Step-by-step explanation:

This sentence used exacerbate correctly because it is talking about how a situation was made worse.

There was already a problem, which was how the soup was too salty, and it was exacerbated by adding more salt.

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