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Assuming the word submit is underlined, the words that are closest would be yield and obey.
In simple terms, scrubbing the stain only made it worse. Exacerbating means to make something worse than what it already is.
A reader might feel like they can relate to the situation that the writer is going through. They understand and therefor can relate emotionally to the situation.