In the following questions, a sentence is given with a blank in it. It is then followed by five alternatives among which, one of the words fits correctly in the given blank so as to make the sentence meaningful. Find out the most suitable word and mark it as your answer.  The health minister urged that medical supplies be distributed to remote rural clinics to _____________ the sudden outbreak of seasonal flu.

• Meaning of the sentence: The minister asked to send medicines to villages so that the sudden spread of the flu could be controlled and reduced. • Why Option B is correct: Mitigate means to make something less severe or lessen the bad effects of something. Sending medical supplies helps reduce flu outbreaks. Why other options are wrong: • Aggravate means to make a bad situation worse, which is the opposite of what medical supplies do. • Trigger means to start something, but the outbreak already happened. • Prolong means to make something last longer, which is harmful. • Overlook means to ignore something.