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aggravation(noun, increase, situation, magnification, aggravation)
5
enlargement(noun, increase, praise, raise, gain)
5
fabrication(noun, fancy, line, lie, falsehood)
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flight of fancy(noun, expression, idiom, idea, embellishment)
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amplification(noun, increase, praise, fancy, development)
5
expansion(noun, increase, raise, rise, development)
5
inaccuracy(noun, uncertainty, error, falsehood, vagueness)
5
overemphasis(noun, fancy, line, embellishment, hyperbole)
5
parody(noun, sham, distortion, misrepresentation, misinterpretation)
5
stretch(noun, fancy, line, falsehood, embellishment)
5
tall story(noun, expression, fancy, bias, embellishment)
5
tall tale(noun, expression, lie, story, bunk)
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untruth(noun, fancy, line, lie, falsehood)
4
perversion(play, lie, sham, bias, falsehood)
4
romance(noun, fancy, line, embellishment, hyperbole)
4
embroidery(noun, fancy, line, decoration, embellishment)
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enhancement(noun, decoration, ornamentation, coloring, adornment)
4
aggrandisement(noun, overstatement)
4
coloring(noun, lie, bias, alteration, spin)
4
fib(lie, falsehood)
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