GATE 2012 CS (CS1) – Question 3

General Aptitude · Verbal Aptitude: Grammar and Vocabulary · 1 mark · Multiple choice

Choose the closest meaning of “mitigate”.

Diminish
Divulge
Dedicate
Denote

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Correct answer: (A) Diminish

Explanation

To mitigate is to make something less severe or serious. Diminish means reduce and is closest, A. Divulge means reveal, dedicate means devote and denote means signify.

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