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| ameliorate | To make better. The reform did much to ameliorate living standards. |
| augment | Grow or intensify. He augmented his summer income by painting houses. |
| augmentation | The amount by which something increases. The augmentation of the curriculum with new subjects. |
| bolster | Prop up with a pillow or bolster. They bolstered the seats for a more comfortable ride. |
| bond | Issue bonds on. Flemish bond. |
| brace | Support or hold steady and make steadfast with or as if with a brace. She braced her feet against a projecting shelf. |
| cooperation | Joint operation or action. They agreed on a policy of cooperation. |
| deepen | Make deeper. His dislike for raw fish only deepened in Japan. |
| defensible | Capable of being defended. A morally defensible penal system. |
| development | The section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes are developed and elaborated. The development of his ideas took many years. |
| enhance | Make better or more attractive. This sauce will enhance the flavor of the meat. |
| enlarge | Make larger. Very often a favourite photograph is enlarged and framed. |
| enrich | Increase the nutritive value of (food) by adding vitamins or nutrients. Top party members had enriched themselves. |
| exacerbate | Exasperate or irritate. The exorbitant cost of land in urban areas only exacerbated the problem. |
| fortify | Add nutrients to. The enclave has been heavily fortified in recent years. |
| harden | Harden by reheating and cooling in oil. The cold hardened the butter. |
| heighten | Make or become more intense. The athletes kept jumping over the steadily heightened bars. |
| increase | A change resulting in an increase. The increase is scheduled for next month. |
| intensification | Action that makes something stronger or more extreme. The intensification of agriculture. |
| intensify | Increase the opacity of (a negative) using a chemical. The dispute began to intensify. |
| meliorate | Get better. |
| optimize | Rearrange or rewrite (data, software, etc.) to improve efficiency of retrieval or processing. We manage our time so that we optimize our productivity. |
| ossify | Become rigid or fixed in attitude or position; cease developing. These tracheal cartilages may ossify. |
| reinforce | Make stronger. Paratroopers were sent to reinforce the troops already in the area. |
| reinforcement | A military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission. He used gummed reinforcements to hold the page in his notebook. |
| rise | Rise in rank or status. I gained the crest of a rise and saw the plain stretched out before me. |
| strengthen | Give a healthy elasticity to. This exercise will strengthen your upper body. |
| stronghold | A place where a particular cause or belief is strongly defended or upheld. A Labour stronghold. |
| toughen | Make tough or tougher. He tried to toughen his son up by sending him to public school. |
| widening | An increase in width. |
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