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Aggrandizement is the act of enlarging or expanding something's power or status. It's hard sometimes to tell if politicians run for office in order to help their communities, or just for their own aggrandizement. Aggrandizement is the noun form of the verb aggrandize, to increase the power or reputation of something, and it usually implies that there's some exaggeration going on.
Usage Note: Aggravate comes from the Latin verb aggravÄre, which meant to make heavier, that is, to add to the weight of.. It also had the extended senses to burden or to oppress.. On the basis of this etymology, it is claimed by some that aggravate should not be used to mean to irritate, annoy, rouse to anger.. But such senses for the word date back to the 17th century and are pervasive.