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Adulterate
to make impure
syn- doctor
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Aggrandize
to increase in power, influence and reputation
syn- amplify, dignify, ennoble, apotheosize, exalt, elevate, glorify, swell, was
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Ameliorate
to make better; to improve
syn- amend, pacify
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Assuage
to make something unpleasant lrss severe
syn-allay, comfort, conciliate, mitigate, mollify, palliate, propitiate, sweeten, soothe
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Attenuate
to reduce in force or degree; to weaken
syn- debilitate, devitalize, dilute, enervate, enfeeble, rarefy, sap, thin, undermine, undo, unnerve, water
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