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improvement(noun, advance, increase, progress, growth)
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refining
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betterment(noun, improvement)
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evolvement(noun, development, evolution, breakthrough)
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involution(noun, complication, multiplicity, complicacy)
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adornment(noun, ornament, exaggeration, decoration, embellishment)
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building(noun, development, evolution, breakthrough)
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growing(noun, development, evolution, breakthrough)
5
ornamentation(noun, ornament, exaggeration, decoration, designing)
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advancing(noun, development, evolution, breakthrough)
4
complexity(noun, complication, complicatedness, multiplicity, complicacy)
4
correction(noun, improvement)
4
developing(noun, development, evolution, breakthrough)
4
enhancement(noun, improvement, ornament, exaggeration, decoration)
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finish(noun, quality, surface, coating, texture)
4
garnishment(noun, improvement)
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perfecting
4
processing
4
rise(noun, raise, progress, growth, addition)
4
upgrowth(noun, development, evolution, breakthrough)
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