| gain(verb, increase, swell, grow, soar) |
| heat(provoke, anger, arouse) |
| improve(verb, advance, increase, develop, promote) |
| kindle(verb, bother, disturb, encourage, delight) |
| lighten(verb, increase, severe, strengthen, exaggerate) |
| maximize |
| overestimate(verb, inflate, falsify, distort, magnify) |
| spike(verb, increase, severe, informal, strengthen) |
| stimulate(verb, increase, bother, disturb, encourage) |
| toughen(verb, support, increase, establish, extend) |
| up(verb, get, increase, promote, boost) |
| adorn(verb, increase, develop, improve, expand) |
| animate(verb, bother, disturb, encourage, delight) |
| annoy(verb, bother, disturb, delight, provoke) |
| appreciate(verb, increase, develop, improve, swell) |
| assemble(verb, get, increase, reduce, promote) |
| balloon(increase, mount, soar) |
| beef |
| blow out of proportion(expression, idiom, fabricate, inflate, falsify) |
| blow up(verb, expression, increase, expand, enhance) |