AGGRANDIZE (Verb)

Meaning- 1) to make great or greater in power, honor, rank or wealth.

                        2) to enhance the power, wealth, position or reputation of something (or someone).

Mnemonic trick- The word aggrandize contains word ‘grand’. Therefore, aggrandize means to make something grand or to make great or greater in power, honor, rank or wealth.

Synonym- EXAGGERATE, GLORIFY, MAGNIFY, BRAG, UPGRADE, EMBELLISH

Uses-

•          Being elected to the highest office of the land certainly aggrandized the sense of importance for Frank ‘s uncle.
•          The history of the past quarter century illustrates how a dictator may aggrandize his power to act aggressively against revolutionaries.
•          When describing the fish that he caught, he tends to aggrandize the length and weight of the fish.
•          By structure and inclination, the new EUROPE would focus on aggrandizing EU power at the expense of NATO, the foundation of the transatlantic security relationship for more than half a century.