Action Words Flashcards

(41 cards)

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Accentuate

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To accent; to emphasize

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Accept

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To receive as true; to regard as proper, normal, or inevitable.

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Accomplish

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To execute fully; to attain

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Account

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To give a report on; to furnish a justifying analysis or explanation

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Accumulate

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To collect; to gather

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Achieve

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To bring to a successful conclusion

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Acknowledge

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To report the receipt of

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Acquaint

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To cause to know personally; to make familiar

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Acquire

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To come into successful of

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Act

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To perform a specified function

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Activate

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To mobilize; to set into motion

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Actuate

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To put into mechanical action or motion

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Adapt

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To suit or fit by modification

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Adhere

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To give support or maintain loyalty; to be consistent; to hold fast or stick; to bind oneself to observance

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Adjust

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To bring to a more satisfactory state; to bring teh parts of something to a true or more effective position

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Administer

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To regularly and customarily exercise discretion and independent judgement; to make important decisions

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Adopt

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To take up and practice as ones own

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Advance

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To bring or move forward; to accelerate the growth or progress of; to raise to a higher rank or promote; to bring forward for notice, consideration, or acceptance; to make progress; to raise in rate

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Advise

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To recommend a course of action; to offer an informed opinion based on specialzed knowledge

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Advocate

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To recommend or speak in favor of

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Affirm

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To assert positively, to confirm

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Affix

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To secure an object to another; to attach

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Align

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To arrange in a linke; to array

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Allot

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To assign as a share

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Alter
To make different without changing into something else
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Amend
To change or modify for the better
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Analyze
To seperate into elements and critically examine
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Answer
To speak or write in reply
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Anticipate
To foresee and act in advance so as to prevent
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Apply
To put to use for a purpose; to employ diligently or with close attention
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Appoint
To name officially
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Appraise
To give an expert judgement of worth or merit
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Appropriate
To take exclusive possesion of; to set apart for or assign to a particular purpose or use; to take without permission
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Approve
To accept as satisfactory; to exercise final authority with regard to commitment of resources.
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Arise
To get up; to come into being or attention
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Arrange
To prepare for an event; to put in proper order
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Articulate
To pronounce distinctly; to express in coherent verbal form; to form or fit into a systematic whole.
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Ascend
To move gradually upward; to rise from a lower level; to go back in time or in order of genealogical succession; to succeed to.
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Ascertain
To find out or discover through examination; to find out or learn for a certainty.
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Aspire
To desire a lofty object
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Assemble
To collect or gather together in a predetermined order from various sources.