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Choose the word that best completes the analogy: MITIGATE is to SEVERITY as ALLEVIATE is to .

  1. JOY
  2. CAUSE
  3. PATIENT
  4. SUFFERING

Answer

D. SUFFERING

Solution

To MITIGATE is to lessen SEVERITY, just as to ALLEVIATE is to lessen SUFFERING.

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