Action Verbs
Accelerated hasten, expedite,
ancipate, quicken
Accepted approve, condone,
sancon
Accomplished culvate, master,
conclude, complete, nish
Achieved accomplish, aain,
reach, fulll, nish
Administered govern, control,
direct, execute, manage
Adopted embrace, employ, use,
ulize, approve, conrm, rafy,
sancon
Advised counsel, recommend,
suggest, appraise, inform
Aided assist, help, facilitate,
expedite
Analyzed invesgate, study,
research, examine, separate
Appraised assess, esmate,
gauge, value, evaluate, examine,
inspect, judge
Apprised advise, counsel, inform,
nofy, warn
Approved accept, appreciate,
esteem, conrm, rafy, uphold,
allow, condone, permit, sancon
Arranged classify, group, order,
sort, organize, systemize,
orchestrate, schedule, assemble,
gather
Assembled congregate, convene,
gather, accumulate, collect,
compile, build, construct
Assessed appraise, esmate,
measure, consider, evaluate,
judge, levy
Assumed accept, shoulder,
surmise, conjecture
Audit check, examine, inspect,
probe, verify
Authorize empower, enable,
entle, allow, consent to, permit,
approve, cerfy, conrm, rafy,
sancon
Built construct, fashion, erect,
produce
Calculated cipher, computer,
determine, esmate, gure, judge,
predict
Changed alter, convert, correct,
modify, transgure, transform,
transpose, substute
Checked examine, inspect,
invesgate, study, validate, verify
Claried dene, explain, simplify,
illuminate
Classied arrange, assort,
categorize, order, codify, index,
evaluate, rank, rate
Commied obligate, pledge,
promise, swear, dedicate, devote,
assign, conde
Compiled accumulate, amass,
assemble, collect, gather, unite
Computed cipher, compute,
determine, conjecture, esmate,
judge, gure, predict
Conceptualized consider,
contemplate, meditate, ponder,
reect, recall, recollect, conclude,
reason, suppose
Conrmed establish, strengthen,
rafy, sancon, endorse, prove,
uphold, substanate
Consolidated join, combine,
aliate, syndicate, merge, pool,
fuse, incorporate, unite
Contacted communicate, nofy,
reach, inform
Contracted agreement,
arrangement, bargain, covenant
Contributed donate, endow,
augment, bestow, furnish, provide
Controlled command, govern,
regulate, direct, master
Converted change, adapt,
reorganize, remodel, regenerate,
transform, render, apply
Cooperated collaborate,
parcipate, conspire, scheme
Coordinated arrange, correlate,
match, order, organize,
systemaze, classify
Correlated compare, combine,
correspond, dierenate
Counseled advise, exhort,
instruct, admonish, cauon, warn,
consult, advocate
Created fashion, organize,
constute, produce, propagate,
devise, design, conceive, invent,
envision
Cut diminish, reduce, curtail,
shorten
Delegated entrust, appoint,
designate, name, assign,
authorize, nominate, select
Delivered furnish, provide,
supply, grant, pronounce
Demonstrated substanate,
prove, exhibit, display, illustrate,
exemplify
Described depict, portray,
narrate, recount, relate, report
Designed plan, project, diagram,
paern, construct, create
Determined conclude, decide,
resolve, agree upon, dene
Developed generate, produce,
culvate, compose, create,
formulate, construct
Devised conceive, design, invent,
plan
Directed guide, lead, regulate,
govern, conduct, head, manage,
advise, consult
Discovered uncover, ascertain,
detect, determine, realize
Draed conscript, select,
formulate, outline, plan, sketch
Earned deserve, merit, warrant,
win, acquire, obtain, collect, draw,
net, reap
Employed apply, implement,
ulize, operate, use commission,
contract, hire, place, engage
Engineered arrange, direct,
manage, mastermind, negoate,
plan
Esmated appraise, assess,
calculate, evaluate, gauge,
approximate, gure, guess, judge,
reckon
Evaluated classify, esmate,
measure, rank, rate, survey, weigh
Exchanged reciprocate, substute,
swap, transact
Expedited accelerate, hasten,
hurry, quicken, advance, facilitate,
further, promote
Experienced accomplished,
capable, pracced, skilled, trained,
versed, mature, seasoned, veteran
Experimented explore, invesgate,
probe, sample, search, test
Explained dene, demonstrate,
illustrate, interpret, resolve,
decipher, illuminate, reveal, jusfy,
raonalized
Facilitated aid, assist, expedite,
ease, simplify, advance, encourage,
promote
Familiarized accustom, acquaint,
habituate, educate, instruct, school,
teach
Focused adjust, center, converge,
concentrate, direct, x
Forecast ancipate, expect,
predict, project, foresee, prophesy,
calculate, determine, gauge
Formed construct, fashion, model,
mold, paern, constute, make,
acquire, contract, develop
Formulated conceive, contrive,
devise, invent, dra, frame, plan,
prepare, express, state, word
Furnished equip, gear, ouit,
provide, rig, stock, supply
Gathered fold, pleat, pucker, rue,
meet, unite, accumulate, assemble,
collect, harvest
Guided advise, counsel, direct,
conduct, escort, lead, show,
maneuver, navigate, pilot, route,
steer
Halted end, stop, terminate,
curtail, disconnue, suspend, arrest,
check, interrupt, hesitate, pause
Helped aid, assist, serve, extricate,
rescue, save, ease, expedite,
facilitate, ameliorate, beer,
improve
Informed advise, appraise,
familiarize, nofy, instruct, teach,
tell, denounce, snitch, squeal
Iniated begin, inaugurate,
introduce, launch, open, start,
admit, enlist, induct, install, instate
Innovated change, invent,
modernize, revoluonize, transform
Inspected examine, invesgate,
peruse, probe, scrunize
Inspired animate, encourage,
enliven, hearten, movate, arouse,
re, induce, rouse, smulate
Instuted begin, enact, establish,
found, inaugurate, iniate
Instructed educate, school, teach,
train, tutor, advise, enlighten,
inform, nofy, bid, command, order
Integrated desegregate, blind,
combine, consolidate, mix, unite
Interfaced connecon, intersecon,
link, bridge, synapse
Interpreted decipher, decode,
translate, clarify, explain, explicate,
expound, comprehend, understand
Interviewed examine, interrogate,
queson
Introduced acquaint, familiarize,
present, oer, propose, submit,
suggest, inaugurate, iniate,
interject
Invested nance, fund, contribute,
donate, spend, allot, devote, give,
entrust, grant
Invesgated analyze, examine,
explore, inquire into, research,
study, test
Issued discharge, emanate,
emerge, circulate, dispense,
distribute
Jused absolve, acquit, clear,
exculpate, vindicate, prove, excuse,
explain, raonalize, defend, support
Made build, create, fabricate,
manufacture, fashion, compel,
constrain, devise, generate
Mediated arbitrate, moderate,
negoate, intercede, intervene,
compromise, reconcile, sele
Modied adjust, alter, change,
revise, vary, control
Monitored observe, oversee,
regulate, supervise, watch
Observed comply with, conform
to, noce, regard, watch, examine,
inspect, scrunize
Opmized maximize, amplify,
augment, expand, increase,
magnify
Ordered bid, charge, command,
direct, enjoin, purchase,
requision, send for, arrange,
systemaze
Overcame conquer, master,
surmount, defeat, overthrow,
overwhelm, drained
Parcipated enter, join, take part
Persuaded aect, induce,
inuence, sway, allure, coax,
ence, tempt, convince, sell, win
Prescribed decree, dictate,
impose, ordain, assign, dene,
determine, establish
Procured acquire, obtain, gain,
purchase, secure, capture, grasp,
seize
Projected design, devise, propose,
extend, overlap, protrude,
calculate, launch, propel
Proved ascertain, determine,
establish, cerfy, conrm,
demonstrate, document, evidence,
examine, verify
Published adverse, announce,
proclaim, promulgate, distribute,
issue, market, print, produce
Received acquire, collect, obtain,
secure, accept, accommodate,
admit, welcome
Regulated adjust, direct, govern,
manage, monitor, conne, control,
limit, restrict
Replaced displace, succeed,
supplant, reinstate, restore, return
Represented depict, enact,
illustrate, picture, portray, stage,
epitomize, exemplify, symbolize
Resolved conclude, decide,
determine, sele
Reviewed cricize, crique,
evaluate, reassess, reevaluate,
reexamine
Revised amend, change, correct,
edit, redo, review
Saved deliver, free, rescue,
preserve, protect, safeguard,
recover, redeem, salvage,
economize
Scheduled arrange, book, plan,
set
Searched examine, explore,
inspect, invesgate, scrunized,
inquiry, inspecon, probe
Selected choose, designate, pick,
prefer, choice, elect, elite, prime,
superior
Simplied clarify, paraphrase,
streamline, aid, ease, facilitate
Specied designate, indicate,
spulate, dene, delineate, detail,
dierenate, enumerate
Studied contemplaon,
deliberaon, meditaon,
educaon, instrucon, analysis,
inquiry
Submied acquiesce, obey,
surrender, succumb, yield,
introduce, present, propose,
suggest
Suggested hint, imply, insinuate,
inmate, advise, counsel, exhort,
propose, recommend, submit
Surveyed overlook, oversee, scan,
examine, inspect, observe, chart,
graph, map, measure
Tested check, prove, try, verify,
analyze, inspect, invesgate,
probe, examine, queson
Trained discipline, instruct, teach,
exercise, pracce, prepare,
rehearse
Transmied communicate,
convey, deliver, dispatch, issue,
broadcast, carry, relay, televise
Unied ally, combine,
consolidate, incorporate, join,
unite
Used/Ulized employ, ulize,
exercise, manipulate, operate,
wield, deplete, drain, exhaust
Wrote/Write author, compose,
dra, pen, copy, record, transcribe
