| No. | Item | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | accrue | increase over time |
| 2. | accumulate | grow by collecting |
| 3. | add up | increase in total |
| 4. | advance | move forward or upward |
| 5. | appreciate | increase in value |
| 6. | arise | come into being or attention |
| 7. | ascend | move upward |
| 8. | awaken | wake up or become active |
| 9. | balloon | grow rapidly in size |
| 10. | bestir | start moving actively |
| 11. | billow | rise and swell outward |
| 12. | blossom | develop in a healthy way |
| 13. | bound | spring upward or forward |
| 14. | bubble up | rise and appear |
| 15. | build | increase gradually |
| 16. | clamber up | climb upward awkwardly |
| 17. | climb | go upward or increase |
| 18. | come up | appear or be mentioned |
| 19. | creep up | increase slowly |
| 20. | crest | reach the top |
| 21. | crop up | appear unexpectedly |
| 22. | culminate | reach the highest point |
| 23. | curl up | rise in curling shapes |
| 24. | dawn | begin to appear |
| 25. | deepen | become more intense |
| 26. | develop | grow or progress |
| 27. | drift up | move upward slowly |
| 28. | edge up | increase a little |
| 29. | emanate | come out from a source |
| 30. | emerge | come out or appear |
| 31. | escalate | increase in seriousness or size |
| 32. | evolve | develop gradually |
| 33. | expand | become larger |
| 34. | float up | move upward lightly |
| 35. | flourish | grow well or strongly |
| 36. | flower | develop fully or successfully |
| 37. | gain | increase or obtain |
| 38. | gather | increase by collecting |
| 39. | get up | rise from bed or sitting |
| 40. | go up | move or increase upward |
| 41. | grow | become larger or stronger |
| 42. | heighten | increase intensity or effect |
| 43. | hop up | jump upward lightly |
| 44. | inch up | increase very slowly |
| 45. | increase | become greater in amount |
| 46. | intensify | become stronger |
| 47. | issue | come out or arise |
| 48. | jump | increase suddenly |
| 49. | leap | increase by a lot |
| 50. | levitate | rise and float |
| 51. | lift | move upward |
| 52. | loom | appear large and elevated |
| 53. | materialize | appear or become real |
| 54. | mount | increase steadily |
| 55. | move higher | go to a higher level |
| 56. | move up | go to a higher place |
| 57. | multiply | increase in number |
| 58. | mushroom | increase very quickly |
| 59. | originate | begin or arise |
| 60. | peak | reach the highest point |
| 61. | perk up | become livelier or stronger |
| 62. | pick up | improve or increase |
| 63. | pile up | accumulate in amount |
| 64. | progress | move forward or improve |
| 65. | proliferate | increase rapidly in number |
| 66. | prosper | do well and grow |
| 67. | radiate | spread outward from a center |
| 68. | rally | recover strength or value |
| 69. | rebound | rise again after falling |
| 70. | result | arise as an outcome |
| 71. | revive | become active again |
| 72. | rocket | rise extremely fast |
| 73. | roll up | move upward in waves |
| 74. | shoot up | increase very quickly |
| 75. | skyrocket | rise very rapidly |
| 76. | snowball | grow quickly from a small start |
| 77. | soar | rise very high or fast |
| 78. | spike | rise sharply |
| 79. | spiral | increase continuously, often badly |
| 80. | spring up | appear or develop quickly |
| 81. | surface | become visible or known |
| 82. | surge | increase suddenly and strongly |
| 83. | swell | become larger or fuller |
| 84. | take off | leave the ground upward |
| 85. | thicken | become denser or stronger |
| 86. | thrive | grow vigorously |
| 87. | tick up | increase slightly |
| 88. | top out | reach a highest level |
| 89. | tower | rise high above |
| 90. | unfold | develop gradually |
| 91. | uprise | rise up |
| 92. | upsurge | rise strongly or suddenly |
| 93. | upswing | upward movement or increase |
| 94. | uptrend | general upward movement |
| 95. | upturn | turn upward or improve |
| 96. | vault | leap upward or over |
| 97. | waft up | drift upward through air |
| 98. | wake | stop sleeping |
| 99. | waken | wake or become awake |
| 100. | well up | rise to the surface |