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better, improve, meliorate, become better

v. get better; "The weather improved toward evening"

better, amend, improve, meliorate, make better

v. to make better; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes"

progress, advance, go on, move on, pass on, march on

v. move forward, also in the metaphorical sense; "Time marches on"

service, serve

v. mate with; "male animals serve the females for breeding purposes"

continue, go on, proceed, carry on

v. continue talking; "I know it's hard," he continued, "but there is no choice"; "carry on--pretend we are not in the room"

ease, comfort

v. lessen pain or discomfort; alleviate; "ease the pain in your legs"

benefit, do good

v. be beneficial for; "This will do you good"

vamp, revamp

v. provide (a shoe) with a new vamp; "revamp my old boots"

train, cultivate, civilize, educate

v. train to be discriminative in taste or judgment; "Cultivate your musical taste"; "Train your tastebuds"; "She is well schooled in poetry"

modify

v. make less severe or harsh or extreme; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage"

remedy, rectify, amend, set right

v. set straight or right; "remedy these deficiencies"; "rectify the inequities in salaries"; "repair an oversight"

remodel, recast, reforge

v. cast or model anew; "She had to recast her image to please the electorate in her home state"

appreciate, revalue

v. gain in value; "The yen appreciated again!"

progress, advance, go on, move on, pass on, march on

v. move forward, also in the metaphorical sense; "Time marches on"

fix, fasten, secure, make fast, fix firmly

v. cause to be firmly attached; "fasten the lock onto the door"; "she fixed her gaze on the man"

restore

v. return to its original or usable and functioning condition; "restore the forest to its original pristine condition"

continue, go on, proceed, carry on

v. continue talking; "I know it's hard," he continued, "but there is no choice"; "carry on--pretend we are not in the room"

decline, worsen, grow worse, get worse

v. grow worse; "Conditions in the slum worsened"

drop, degenerate, deteriorate

v. grow worse; "Her condition deteriorated"; "Conditions in the slums degenerated"; "The discussion devolved into a shouting match"

regress, retrogress, retrograde, undergo regress

v. get worse or fall back to a previous condition

slip, drop off, fall away, drop away, drop behind

v. get worse; "My grades are slipping"

exit, go, die, decease, expire, pass away, perish, pip out

v. pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer"; "They children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102"

go, get, become, come, come out

v. enter or assume a certain state or condition; "He became annoyed when he heard the bad news"; "It must be getting more serious"; "her face went red with anger"; "She went into ecstasy"; "Get going!"

drop, sink, drop down

v. fall or drop to a lower place or level; "He sank to his knees"

fail, miscarry, go wrong

v. be unsuccessful; "Where do today's public schools fail?"; "The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably"

worsen, aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate, make worse

v. make worse; "This drug aggravates the pain"

fail, miscarry, go wrong

v. be unsuccessful; "Where do today's public schools fail?"; "The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably"

come through, succeed

v. attain success or reach a desired goal; "The enterprise succeeded"; "We succeeded in getting tickets to the show"; "she struggled to overcome her handicap and won"

debauch, pervert, corrupt, vitiate, debase, demoralize, profane, deprave, misdirect

v. corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality; "debauch the young people with wine and women"; "Socrates was accused of corrupting young men"; "Do school counselors subvert young children?"; "corrupt the morals"

drop, sink, drop down

v. fall or drop to a lower place or level; "He sank to his knees"

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