Moderate 32%- nearly a third Merely Modest 3%- a tiny fraction Frolic Sharp 50%- exactly a half Enrapture Dramatic 26%- roughly one quarter Cryptic Slight 49%- around a half Amble Steep 24%- almost a quarter Longing Steady 77%- approximately three Endearing Significant quarters Agitated Considerable Rapid Proportion 70%- a large proportion Nouns 71%- a significant majority Variation 15% a small minority Decline 3%- an insignificant minority Decrease Approximately Dip Nearly Drop Roughly Fall Almost Peak About Fluctuation Around Growth More or less Increase Just over Rise Just under Slump Just around Just about Verbs Just below Rise A little more than Jump A little less than Grow Climb It is true that … Increase Rocket Cohort Fall About the… Drop At the beginning Decline USA -> United States Decrease The figure for divorces -> Go down Divorce rates Plummet Decreased with each multiple Plunge of five Evenly distributed Making Comparison Ranging between … and … More/few/less + noun + than Following that of one syllable -er + than Broken down by … More/less + adj. of more than one Discernible syllable + than Extent of one syllable -est The most/least + adj. of more than To resemble (rəˈzembəl) one syllable Debateble (dəˈbādəb(ə)l) 3%- nearly three quarters Acknowledge (əkˈnäləj)