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GREPrepClub_WOTD # aggrandize
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04 Nov 2016, 02:59
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Aggrandize
If you are a window washer, but you refer to yourself as a "vista enhancement specialist," then you are aggrandizing your job title — that is, making it sound greater than it is. The verb aggrandize not only means "to make appear greater"; it can also be used to mean simply "to make greater." If you buy an estate and sink millions of dollars into its improvement, then you are actually aggrandizing the estate. If you are making yourself seem greater, then people may say you are "self-aggrandizing."
Synonyms
1. boost distinguish expand extend hike honor
Antonyms
1. condemn contract criticize diminish keep lower reduce shame
If you are a window washer, but you refer to yourself as a "vista enhancement specialist," then you are aggrandizing your job title — that is, making it sound greater than it is. The verb aggrandize not only means "to make appear greater"; it can also be used to mean simply "to make greater." If you buy an estate and sink millions of dollars into its improvement, then you are actually aggrandizing the estate. If you are making yourself seem greater, then people may say you are "self-aggrandizing."
Synonyms
1. boost distinguish expand extend hike honor
Antonyms
1. condemn contract criticize diminish keep lower reduce shame
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