competent
Definition: (adjective) having the skill and knowledge needed for a particular task; capable
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aggrandize
verb
- To make or become greater or larger: amplify, augment, boost, build, build up, burgeon, enlarge, escalate, expand, extend, grow, increase, magnify, mount, multiply, proliferate, rise, run up, snowball, soar, swell, upsurge, wax.
Informal: beef up. See
increase
- To raise to a high position or status: apotheosize, dignify, elevate, ennoble, exalt, glorify, magnify, uplift.
Idiom:
put on a pedestal. See
rise
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