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aggrandize
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to make greater, to increase, thus, to exaggerate.
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antediluvian
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ancient; outmoded; (literally,before the flood
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antipathy
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hostility toward, objection, or aversion to
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assuage
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to make less severe; to appease or satisfy
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attenuate
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weaken (adj: attenuated
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aver
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to declare
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blandishment
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speech or action intended to coax someone into doing something
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burgeon
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to grow or flourish; a bud or new growth (adj: burgeoning )
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cadge
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to get something by taking advantage of someone
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caprice
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impulse (adj: capricious)
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