1 aggrandize

v. increase the scope of; extend; intensify; make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation
2 antagonize

v. provoke the hostility of; act in opposition to
3 apologize

v. beg or pardon
4 authorize

v. empower; give permission for
5 bowdlerize

v. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly
6 categorize

v. classify; put people or things into groups with the same features
7 characterize

v. distinguish; be characteristic of; be a distinctive trait or mark of
8 colonize

v. migrate to and settle in; plant
9 commercialize

v. make commercial; apply methods of business for profit
10 criticize

v. find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws
11 crystallize

v. assume crystalline form; cause to take on a definite and clear shape
12 demagnetize

v. make nonmagnetic; take away the magnetic properties; erase
13 demobilize

v. retire from military service
14 demoralize

v. corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality; lower someone's spirits; make downhearted; confuse or put into disorder
15 disorganize

v. disarrange; disorder; destroy the organization; make less organized
16 dramatize

v. represent something in a dramatic manner; add details to
17 economize

v. save money or resource; cut back; be thrifty
18 emphasize

v. stress; underscore; utter or pronounce with a particular stress of voice
19 energize

v. give energy to; make forceful and active; supply with an electric current
20 fertilize

v. enrich; make fertile; make fruitful or productive
21 fraternize

v. associate with others in a brotherly or friendly way
22 galvanize

v. stimulate by shock; stir up; spur to action
23 generalize

v. reach a conclusion; become systemic and spread throughout the body
24 harmonize

v. correspond; sing or play in harmony; go together
25 homogenize

v. equalize; become similar, as by mixing
26 hypothesize

v. speculate; suppose; believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
27 immobilize

v. stabilize; cause to be unable to move
28 jeopardize

v. endanger; imperil; put at risk
29 legalize

v. make legal; allow something by law
30 lionize

v. look on or treat a person as a celebrity; visit famous places in order to revere them
31 magnetize

v. make magnetic; attract strongly, as if with a magnet
32 materialize

v. come into being; become reality
33 memorize

v. learn something to remember it exactly; commit to memory; learn by heart
34 mesmerize

v. hypnotize; attract strongly, as if with a magnet; bring into a state of mesmeric sleep
35 minimize

v. diminish; belittle; make small or insignificant
36 mobilize

v. assemble, prepare, or put into operation for or as if for war; make mobile or capable of movement
37 monopolize

v. dominate; occupy; have and control fully and exclusively
38 neutralize

v. make neutral and thus inoffensive
39 organize

v. make arrangements for something to happen according to a particular system
40 ostracize

v. exclude from community or group; banish by popular vote
41 overemphasize

v. place special or excessive emphasis on
42 patronize

v. act as a patron to; support or sponsor
43 plagiarize

v. steal another's ideas and pass them off as one's own
44 polarize

v. split into opposite extremes or camps
45 proselytize

v. induce someone to convert to one's own religious faith
46 publicize

v. broadcast; announce; make public
47 pulverize

v. pound, crush, or grind to powder or dust
48 rationalize

v. think in logical way; offer an excuse
49 recognize

v. perceive the identity of; admit with a formal acknowledgment
50 reorganize

v. organize anew, as after a setback
51 revolutionize

v. completely change; dramatically change
52 rhapsodize

v. speak or write in an exaggeratedly enthusiastic manner
53 satirize

v. make object of satire; attack with satire; censure with keenness or severe sarcasm.
54 scrutinize

v. examine closely and critically
55 seize

v. take hold of; take or capture by force
56 sentimentalize

v. look at with sentimentality or turn into an object of sentiment
57 socialize

v. take part in social activities; interact with others
58 specialize

v. study or work on a particular subject or skill more than any others; particularize
59 stabilize

v. become stable or more stable
60 standardize

v. normalize; cause to conform to a standard
61 sterilize

v. make sterile or unproductive; impoverish, as land; exhaust of fertility.
62 stigmatize

v. accuse; condemn; mark as wicked
63 subsidize

v. support through finance; fund
64 summarize

v. give a brief statement of the main points of something
65 symbolize

v. represent; signify; stand for
66 synchronize

v. happen at the same time; arrange or represent events so that they co-occur
67 synthesize

v. integrate; compose; combine to form a new, complex product
68 systematize

v. arrange according to a system
69 tantalize

v. tease; torture with disappointment; bait someone by showing something desirable but leaving them unsatisfied
70 temporize

v. act evasively in order to gain time, avoid an argument, or postpone a decision
71 urbanize

v. make more industrial or city-like
72 utilize

v. put into service; take advantage of
73 vaporize

v. turn into vapor, steam, gas, or fog; decrease rapidly and disappear
74 verbalize

v. express in speech; speak or use words to express
75 visualize

v. make visual, or visible; see in fancy; form a mental image of