Advanced Vocabulary - Verb Synonyms 1

Match the verbs on the left with their synonyms on the right. The tiles in the right-hand column are sortable
SA07 ANSWERS EXPLANATION

1)	ease => alleviate	make something less severe
2)	necessitate => entail	make something necessary, or to involve something
3)	hinder => hamper	prevent someone doing something easily
4)	attempt => endeavour	try very hard to do something
5)	reveal => divulge	give someone information that should be secret
6)	indicate => denote	represent or be a sign of something
7)	aggravate => exacerbate	make something worse, especially a disease or problem
8)	endanger => jeopardise	risk harming or destroying something or somebody
9)	hide => harbour	shelter or hide a criminal or wanted person
10)	excuse => condone	accept behaviour that is considered morally wrong