SSC CGL 2025 PYQ — Question 67

SSC CGL Tier II - 20 January 2025 - Shift I • English • Q67

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the word given below.
Ameliorate

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Correct answer: D

Explanation

The correct answer is option 4 i.e. Exacerbate. 

Ameliorate means to make something better. Exacerbate is the correct antonym as it means to make something worse. 

Other options mean:
Succour refers to help or sympathy given to somebody who is suffering or has problems.

Recondite means little known about or understood by people.

Motto means a short sentence or phrase that expresses the aims and beliefs of a person, a group, an organization, etc.