Directions: Each question below has one blank, which is indicating that something has been omitted. Find out which option can be used to fill up the blank in the sentence in the same sequence to make it meaningfully complete.

Q:

If it weren’t for the _________circumstances, he would have certainly lost his job. 

• 1
  Sharp
• 2
  Intensify
• 3
  Mitigating
• 4
  Increase
• 5
  Aggravate