Action Verbs

A - D

Accumulated
Achieved
Adapted
Addressed
Administered
Advised
Analyzed
Answered
Anticipated
Appraised
Approved
Arbitrated
Arranged
Ascertained
Assembled
Assessed
Assigned
Assisted
Attained
Audited

Began
Bought
Brought
Built
Budgeted
Calculated
Cared for
Catalogued
Categorized
Charted
Checked
Classified
Coached
Coded
Collected
Communicated
Compiled
Completed
Composed
Computed

Conceived
Conceptualized
Conducted
Confronted
Consolidated
Conserved
Constructed
Contracted
Contributed
Controlled
Coordinated
Copied
Corresponded
Counseled
Create
Dealt with
Decided
Defined
Delegated
Delivered

Demonstrated
Derived
Designed
Designed
Detailed
Detected
Determined
Developed
Devised
Diagnosed
Directed
Disapproved
Discovered
Dispensed
Displayed
Disproved
Dissected
Distributed
Diverted
Dramatized


E - K

Edited
Effected
Empathized
Encouraged
Endured
Enhanced
Enlarged
Entertained
Equipped
Established
Estimated
Evaluated
Examined
Exhibited
Expanded
Experimented
Explained

Expressed
Extracted
Facilitated
Filed
Financed
Fixed
Focused
Formulated
Found
Gathered
Generated
Governed
Grouped
Guided
Handled
Harmonized
Headed

Heightened
Helped
Hurried
Hypothesized
Identified
Illustrated
Imagined
Implemented
Improved
Improvised
Increased
Indexed
Influenced
Informed
Initiated
Innovated
Inspected

Inspired
Installed
Instituted
Instructed
Integrated
Interacted
Interpreted
Interviewed
Introduced
Intuited
Invented
Inventoried
Investigated
Kept



L - P

Lectured
Learned
Led
Listened
Located
Logged
Made
Maintained
Managed
Mapped
Measured
Mediated
Memorized
Mentored
Met

Moderated
Modified
Monitored
Motivated
Moved
Navigated
Negotiated
Observed
Obtained
Offered
Operated
Ordered
Oriented
Organized
Outlined

Oversaw
Participated
Perceived
Performed
Persuaded
Photographed
Piloted
Placed
Planned
Predicted
Prepared
Prescribed
Presented
Presided
Printed

Problem-Solved
Processed
Produced
Programmed
Projected
Promoted
Proof-read
Proposed
Protected
Proved
Provided
Publicized
Purchased



Q - Z

Questioned
Raised
Read
Realized
Reasoned
Reassured
Received
Recommended
Recorded
Recruited
Rectified
Reduced
Referred
Regulated
Rehabilitated
Related
Rendered
Reorganized
Repaired
Repeated
Reported

Represented
Researched
Reshaped
Resolved
Responded
Restored
Retrieved
Reviewed
Revised
Risked
Scheduled
Searched
Selected
Sensed
Separated
Served
Set-up
Shaped
Showed
Simplified
Sketched

Sketched
Sold
Solved
Sorted
Sought
Spoke
Straightened
Streamlined
Strengthened
Studied
Succeeded
Summarized
Supervised
Supplied
Supported
Symbolized
Systematized
Synthesized
Talked
Taught
Tested

Timed
Took
Trained
Transcribed
Translated
Treated
Trouble-shot
Tutored
Typed
Undertook
Unified
United
Updated
Upgraded
Used
Utilized
Verbalized
Verified
Volunteer
Worked
Wrote

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