Question

PLEASE ANSWER! MY TEACHER EXPECTS IT TO BE TURNED IN TOMORROW!

What is a better word or word form for this phrase:
become less severe

Here are the words:
accumulate
aggravate
conserve
contaminate
diminish
extravagant
frugal
impurity
peril
perpetual
resource
substitute
sustain
vital

Answer 1

diminish means become less severe

Answer 2

dimish, it means to make or become less. All of the other words have no correlation with 'become less severe'. Hope this helps!