Choose the most appropriate option from a-d to complete the gups in the following sentences.
The Federal Government has expressed the fear that the violent activities of the insurgents may ___________ if powerful foreign assistance is not received soon.
A. extrapolate B. proliferate C. metamorphose D. escalate
Correct Answer: D
Explanation
The verb 'proliferate means to increase greatly and suddenly in number or rate as in "small business has proliferated in the last ten years. "Escalate means to become more or greater serious: extrapolate means to guess or think about what might happen using information that is already known: Metamorphose means to change into a completely different form or type.
