Fill in the blank with the most appropriate choice.

His intent was to become sole lord and to ______ his tiny principality.

aggrandize

The most appropriate choice to fill in the blank is aggrandize.

The word aggrandize means to increase the power, wealth, or importance of something or someone. In this case, the prince's intent was to become sole lord and to increase the power and importance of his tiny principality. The other words in the options do not have the same meaning.

• Subsidize means to give financial help to something or someone.
• Jeopardize means to put something at risk or to make it likely to fail.
• Methodize means to organize or arrange something in a systematic way.