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GRE Verbal Reasoning QUESTION #8006
Question 1
It was her view that the country's problems had been ------- by foreign technocrats, so that to invite them to come back would be counterproductive.
  • foreseen
  • attacked
  • ascertained
  • exacerbated✔️
Correct Answer Explanation
The sentence indicates that foreign technocrats made the problems worse, so inviting them back would be counterproductive. Exacerbated (meaning 'made worse') is the correct answer: if the technocrats worsened the country's problems, bringing them back would indeed be counterproductive.