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by Damon Suede

  DIVULGE (→): admit, advertise, amplify, announce, bare, bellow, betray, blab, blazon, blurt, brandish, broadcast, bulletin, circulate, clue, communicate, concede, confess, confide, debunk, declare, disclose, discover, dish, disinter, disseminate, email, exhibit, expose, flaunt, highlight, hype, impart, inform, leak, magnify, message, placard, post, proclaim, promote, promulgate, prove, publicize, publish, relate, reveal, share, shout, showcase, sound, spill, spotlight, squeal, talk, telegraph, tell, text, trumpet, uncloak, unclothe, uncover, undrape, unearth, unmask, unveil, verify, vouchsafe (≠ befog, belie, bleep, bluff, bullshit, camouflage, cheat, cloak, clothe, cloud, con, conceal, costume, cover, darken, deceive, defraud, disguise, eclipse, enshroud, gild, gloss, hide, keep, mask, obscure, overshadow, scam, secrete, shade, shroud, spackle, stash, trick, varnish, veil, whitewash)

  DIZZY (/): addle, agitate, befuddle, bemuse, bewilder, bother, confound, confuse, daze, derange, discompose, disconcert, disorient, disquiet, disturb, embarrass, faze, flap, flummox, fluster, inebriate, intoxicate, muddle, perplex, puzzle, rattle, razzle-dazzle, ruffle, stir, thrill, unbalance, unnerve, unsettle, upset (≠ alleviate, balance, bolster, brace, calm, center, compose, hallucinate, help, humor, lull, mellow, mitigate, moderate, mollify, pacify, placate, settle, sober, soothe, stabilize, steady)

  DOCTOR (+): administer, aid, alleviate, attend, bandage, cure, diagnose, dose, drug, fix, heal, hospitalize, medicate, mend, nurse, overhaul, patch, physic, prescribe, quarantine, rebuild, recondition, reconstruct, rectify, rehabilitate, remedy, repair, revamp, stitch, strengthen, supply, support, treat (≠ abuse, afflict, damage, deform, disfigure, harm, harshen, hurt, indispose, infect, injure, maim, mangle, misdiagnose, mutilate, ruin, sicken, weaken, welt, wound, wreck)

  DOCTOR (+): acclimate, acclimatize, accommodate, accustom, adapt, adjust, aid, align, alter, ameliorate, attune, automate, bend, better, calibrate, case-harden, condition, convert, correct, cure, customize, decorate, edit, enhance, enrich, equip, establish, familiarize, fashion, fiddle, fine-tune, fit, fix, flavor, freshen, furbish, gear, habituate, harden, harmonize, heal, help, improve, inure, maintain, marinate, match, mechanize, mend, model, modify, motorize, naturalize, optimize, orient, overhaul, pace, patch, pattern, perfect, phase, prepare, preserve, prime, punctuate, put, readapt, readjust, ready, realign, rebuild, recast, reclaim, reconceive, reconceptualize, recondition, reconstruct, recover, rectify, recycle, redesign, redevelop, redo, reengineer, refashion, refine, refit, refocus, refresh, refurbish, regenerate, register, regulate, rehearse, reinvent, reinvigorate, rejigger, rejuvenate, remake, remodel, renew, renovate, reorient, repair, rephrase, restimulate, restore, resuscitate, revamp, revise, revitalize, revive, rework, richen, rig, right, root, sculpt, season, service, settle, shape, spice, square, stimulate, suit, sustain, tailor, toughen, transform, tune, weaponize (≠ blemish, break, cripple, damage, deface, disable, disfigure, efface, flaw, harm, harshen, hurt, impair, injure, maim, mangle, mar, misadjust, monkey-wrench, mutilate, ruin, sabotage, scotch, scupper, spoil, subvert, undermine, vandalize, wreck)

  DOCTOR (/): adulterate, alter, calibrate, change, cloud, contort, cook, deacon, debase, dilute, disguise, distort, exaggerate, falsify, fiddle, fudge, game, garble, gloss, manipulate, massage, minimize, misconstrue, misinterpret, misquote, misread, misreport, misrepresent, misstate, pervert, rephrase, slant, twist, weight (≠ accentuate, amplify, analyze, assess, audit, balance, benchmark, categorize, check, confirm, examine, inspect, investigate, prove, read, reinvestigate, review, scrutinize, test, verify)

  DOCTOR (/): administer, contaminate, corrupt, cut, defile, dilute, dope, dose, drug, foul, harm, infect, lace, load, pollute, soil, spike, spoil, sully, taint, vitiate, water, weaken (≠ clean, cleanse, concentrate, decontaminate, filter, fix, purge, purify, remedy, sift)

  DOCUMENT (+): chart, chronicle, cite, detail, enter, graph, inscribe, jot, journalize, keep, list, log, mark, minute, notate, notch, note, record, register, report, research, score, track, transcribe (≠ anonymize, bury, censor, conceal, delete, eradicate, erase, expunge, forget, hide, -ignore, -neglect, obliterate, redact, remove)

  DOCUMENT (+): adduce, attest, authenticate, back, buttress, certify, clinch, confirm, corroborate, crosscheck, demonstrate, detect, determine, establish, evidence, evince, identify, nail, notarize, prove, record, reference, settle, substantiate, support, sustain, uphold, validate, verify, witness (≠ allege, assume, challenge, conjecture, debate, debunk, discredit, -disown, disprove, dispute, distrust, doubt, guess, hint, invalidate, object, presume, rebut, refute, scruple, surmise, suspect, wonder)

  -DODGE (/): -avert, -avoid, beat, -blank, -bypass, -circumvent, deflect, detour, disobey, -disregard, divert, -duck, -elude, -end-run, -escape, -eschew, -evade, -flee, flout, -ignore, -obviate, outflank, outrun, parry, -prevent, shake, shift, -shirk, shortcut, -shun, -sidestep, skirt, subvert, ward (≠ accept, buttonhole, catch, chase, contact, contract, court, embrace, follow, incur, keep, obey, observe, pursue, seek, waylay, welcome, win, woo, wow)

  DOG (→): accompany, bird-dog, chaperone, chase, escort, eye, follow, harry, haunt, hound, hunt, observe, plague, pursue, retrace, run, seek, shadow, spoor, stalk, tag, tail, trace, track, trail, trouble, watch, worry (≠ -abandon, -bypass, dismiss, -disregard, -ditch, -forsake, guide, head, lead, lose, miss, mistake, pilot, -scorn, -shun, skirt, spearhead, steer)

  DOMESTICATE (+): acclimatize, accustom, arrest, assimilate, barber, block, bottle, break, breed, bridle, bust, cage, calm, check, choke, collar, conquer, constrain, contain, control, corral, correct, curb, discipline, dominate, enslave, familiarize, farm, gag, gentle, govern, groom, habituate, hamper, handcuff, harness, herd, hinder, hitch, hold, housebreak, housetrain, humble, impede, incorporate, inhibit, integrate, interrupt, keep, lasso, leash, master, measure, mellow, mince, mitigate, moderate, muffle, mute, muzzle, naturalize, obstruct, overcome, pacify, program, quell, raise, ranch, reclaim, rectify, regulate, rein, repress, restrain, rule, school, silence, sink, smother, soften, squelch, stifle, stop, strangle, subdue, subjugate, suppress, tame, teach, temper, train, vanquish, whip, whup, wrangle, yoke (≠ -abandon, abuse, agitate, air, brutalize, craze, dehumanize, deprogram, enrage, express, inflame, infuriate, liberate, loose, loosen, lose, maltreat, menace, -neglect, release, savage, scare, terrorize, threaten, unhinge, unleash, upset, vent, victimize)

  DOMINATE (→): annihilate, antagonize, bar, beat, best, better, blackmail, block, bluff, boss, break, browbeat, bully, checkmate, choreograph, clobber, coerce, command, conquer, control, coordinate, crush, defeat, demand, dictate, direct, discipline, domineer, drub, eclipse, enslave, execute, govern, grasp, grip, handle, harness, head, hinder, hold, impede, influence, inform, instruct, intimidate, lead, lick, manage, manipulate, master, menace, monopolize, muscle, nobble, obstruct, oppress, orchestrate, order, outlast, outmaneuver, outperform, outrank, outshine, outthink, overcome, overpower, override, overrule, oversee, overshadow, pacify, pilot, provoke, quash, quell, railroad, repress, rout, rule, run, sandbag, scotch, shrink, silence, skunk, smash, smother, snuff, squash, squelch, steamroller, steer, subdue, subject, subjugate, subordinate, supervise, suppress, sway, thrash, threaten, train, trash-talk, trounce, trump, tyrannize, vanquish (≠ abide, accept, aggrandize, amplify, augment, baby, back, bear, bolster, boost, calm, challenge, coach, coddle, concede, contest, contradict, cosset, counteract, defend, defer, defy, develop, discharge, elevate, emancipate, enfranchise, enhance, enlarge, exalt, expand, extend, extol, follow, forfeit, free, glorify, heighten, highlight, humor, hype, illuminate, improve, increase, indulge, liberate, lull, magnify, manumit, maximize, mellow, mind, mollify, nurture, obey, oppose, pacify, pamper, placate, plug, promote, protect, publicize, release, relinquish, short-circuit, showcase, soften, spoil, spotlight, spring, support, surrender, survive, unbind, uncage, unchain, unfetter, uplift, weaken, yield)

  DOMINATE (→): abut, best, bestride, climb, command, dwarf, eclipse, face, front, menace, mount, overhang, overlook, overshadow, straddle, survey, threaten (≠ aid, augment, back, bolster, boos
t, elevate, support, sustain, underpin)

  DONATE (→): accord, administer, aid, allot, allow, assign, assist, attribute, award, bankroll, benefit, bequeath, bestow, board, cater, clothe, confer, consign, contribute, deliver, deploy, devote, disburse, dispense, dole, endow, expend, extend, feed, fork, fuel, fund, furnish, gift, give, grant, hand, help, impart, issue, lavish, lend, mete, offer, outlay, overpay, patronize, pay, pledge, present, provide, ration, regale, reinforce, reload, render, replenish, sacrifice, send, serve, share, shower, submit, subscribe, supply, tender, underwrite, volunteer (≠ accept, advance, bogart, cheat, clutch, commercialize, commodify, debit, -deny, deprive, disinherit, -disown, embezzle, filch, grab, grasp, grip, hoard, hog, hold, keep, lend, leverage, loan, misappropriate, monetize, monopolize, pilfer, pocket, preserve, purchase, purloin, remove, request, retain, rob, save, scant, secure, sell, skim, skimp, stash, steal, stiff, stint, stockpile, swindle, swipe, thieve, underpay, withdraw, withhold)

  DOSE (→): administer, allocate, anesthetize, bestow, chloroform, disburse, dispense, distribute, doctor, drug, etherize, force-feed, furnish, immunize, inject, inoculate, issue, lace, mainline, medicate, narcotize, overdose, physic, pour, prescribe, provide, sedate, share, sniff, spike, stick, stupefy, supply, tranquilize, treat, vaccinate (≠ afflict, begrudge, cleanse, -decline, -deny, deprive, disallow, expel, extract, infect, injure, palm, pinch, purge, -refuse, -reject, remove, scant, skimp, skip, stint, vomit, withdraw, withhold, wound)

  DOUBLE-CROSS (/): -abandon, abuse, backstab, beguile, betray, bluff, cheat, con, cozen, cross, deceive, defraud, delude, -desert, double-deal, double-talk, dupe, embezzle, exploit, fiddle, fleece, fool, -forsake, hoodwink, humbug, juggle, mislead, mistreat, outwit, rook, scam, screw, sell, shaft, skin, snooker, snow, split, stiff, sting, sucker, swindle, torment, trick, two-time, victimize, wrong (≠ aid, confess, defend, expose, guarantee, guard, help, honor, maintain, pledge, preserve, promise, protect, rescue, respect, reveal, safeguard, salvage, save, secure, shield, swear)

  DOUBT (/): assume, challenge, cross-examine, debunk, -deny, disbelieve, -discount, discredit, disprove, distrust, dread, fancy, fear, feel, gather, grill, guess, imagine, impugn, infer, interrogate, invalidate, mistrust, -negate, presume, question, reckon, scruple, suppose, surmise, suspect, wonder (≠ accept, await, believe, buy, consult, defend, detect, determine, discover, ensure, guarantee, insure, know, maintain, pledge, promise, prove, respect, swear, trust, validate, verify, vindicate, warrant) (¿) ABSTRACTION ALERT. Concrete goals essential!

  DOUSE (→): bathe, bedew, bedraggle, damp, dampen, deluge, dip, drench, drown, -duck, dunk, engulf, flood, flush, hose, humidify, hydrate, imbrue, imbue, immerse, impregnate, infuse, inundate, irrigate, lave, mist, moisten, moisturize, overflow, plunge, puddle, quench, rehydrate, rinse, saturate, shower, slop, slosh, sluice, soak, sop, souse, spatter, splash, splatter, sprinkle, squench, steep, submerge, swamp, syrup, thrust, wash, water, waterlog, wet (≠ barbecue, broil, dehumidify, dehydrate, desiccate, drip-dry, drizzle, dry, evaporate, parch, scorch, sear, staunch, towel, trickle, wipe, wring)

  DOUSE (/): blanket, choke, extinguish, quench, smother, snuff, stamp, stub, suffocate (≠ barbecue, burn, fire, ignite, inflame, kindle, light, scorch, singe, torch)

  DOWN (←): bolt, chew, consume, devour, dispatch, drink, eat, engulf, finish, gnaw, gobble, gorge, gulp, guzzle, imbibe, ingest, lap, lick, mouth, munch, nibble, nosh, scarf, sip, snarf, swallow, wolf (≠ assemble, belch, choke, concoct, cook, create, -decline, disgorge, excrete, expel, make, offer, prepare, -refuse, -reject, spew, splutter, vomit)

  DOWN (/): bang, bash, beat, belt, bludgeon, clobber, concuss, conk, crash, defeat, drop, fell, flatten, floor, hammer, hit, jab, knock, level, mow, overthrow, overwhelm, paste, poke, pound, prostrate, punch, slam, slap, slug, smack, smite, sock, steamroller, swat, swipe, thump, thwack, topple, unhorse, unseat, wallop, whack, whale (≠ assemble, bolster, brace, build, buttress, construct, elevate, erect, fabricate, fling, guard, launch, lift, maintain, pitch, preserve, protect, raise, shield, steady, throw, toss)

  DOWNGRADE (/): abase, abridge, attenuate, bastardize, belittle, bench, bestialize, break, cheapen, clip, compress, condense, contract, curtail, cut, debase, declass, decrease, decry, de-escalate, defile, deflate, degrade, demarcate, demonetize, demote, denigrate, deplete, depose, depreciate, depress, deprive, devaluate, devalue, diminish, -discount, disparage, downsize, drain, erode, humble, lessen, lighten, lowball, lower, minimize, moderate, pare, reduce, relegate, shave, shorten, shrink, sideline, sink, slash, squeeze, strip, trim, truncate, underbid, underestimate, underprice, underrate, undervalue, vulgarize, wither (≠ accentuate, accrue, amplify, appreciate, augment, bloat, boost, commend, dignify, elevate, emphasize, enhance, fetishize, honor, increase, inflate, magnify, monetize, optimize, overestimate, overhaul, overprice, overrate, overvalue, prioritize, promote, rarefy, rectify, refine, revolutionize, upgrade)

  DOWNGRADE (/): abase, break, bust, can, cashier, chasten, chastise, debase, degrade, demean, demote, denounce, dismiss, downsize, fire, humble, humiliate, lower, reduce, relegate, sack, strip, terminate, topple (≠ advance, advocate, aid, assist, back, boost, catapult, champion, elevate, encourage, endorse, exalt, foster, further, help, hire, honor, nurture, prioritize, promote, raise, recommend, sponsor, support, upgrade)

  DOWNPLAY (/): abridge, belittle, bury, compress, conceal, contract, cover, decrease, demean, deprecate, depreciate, diminish, -discount, -disdain, disguise, dismiss, disparage, -disregard, downgrade, -exclude, forget, hide, -ignore, lessen, lower, marginalize, minimize, -overlook, reduce, relegate, shrink, sideline, -slight, soft-pedal, trivialize, underemphasize, underestimate, underplay, underrate, understate, undervalue (≠ amplify, belabor, color, dramatize, embellish, embroider, emphasize, enlarge, exaggerate, magnify, overdo, overdramatize, overemphasize, oversell, overstate, romanticize, stress, stretch)

  DRAG (←): attract, carry, convey, draw, ferry, haul, heave, jerk, lug, magnetize, move, pull, schlep, shuttle, tow, trail, transport, trek, truck, tug, yank (≠ drive, drop, eject, lose, nudge, propel, punt, push, ram, shove, shunt, thrust)

  DRAGOON (←): badger, blackjack, blackmail, bogart, browbeat, bulldoze, bully, coerce, commandeer, compel, constrain, cow, daunt, dictate, domineer, drag, drive, extort, foment, force, galvanize, goad, harass, hector, hijack, hound, impel, impress, incite, intimidate, make, mandate, menace, motivate, muscle, nag, nobble, obligate, oblige, press, pressure, propel, push, railroad, sandbag, shame, spark, stimulate, stress, strong-arm, terrorize, threaten, urge (≠ allow, argue, baffle, bar, block, check, convince, counteract, delay, discuss, embarrass, foil, -frustrate, hamper, impede, induce, let, move, obstruct, oppose, permit, persuade, -prevent, resist, satisfy, stop, sway, -thwart, win)

  DRAIN (←): bleed, blot, catheterize, clean, clear, decant, decrease, deduct, deflate, dehumidify, dehydrate, deplete, diminish, draft, draw, effuse, embezzle, empty, evacuate, evaporate, exhaust, extort, flush, juice, knacker, lessen, lower, milk, pump, purge, reduce, sap, shrink, siphon, slurp, staunch, suck, tap, vacate, vacuum, -void, wither (≠ augment, bathe, conserve, deluge, douse, drench, drown, endow, engulf, fill, flood, impregnate, increase, inundate, invest, macerate, marinate, overwhelm, pack, presoak, puddle, recoup, replace, restore, soak, souse, spike, staunch, submerge, swamp, wash, water, wet)

  DRAIN (/): abate, absorb, bankrupt, beggar, blackmail, blow, burn, cannibalize, consume, cripple, debilitate, deplete, depredate, devitalize, devour, disable, dissipate, downsize, eat, empty, enervate, enfeeble, exhaust, expend, extract, fatigue, fritter, guzzle, impoverish, incapacitate, lessen, lower, reduce, sap, spend, squander, tap, tire, undermine, use, waste, weaken, weary, wither (≠ amp, amuse, bank, bless, bolster, budget, conserve, divert, energize, enforce, enlarge, enliven, entertain, fortify, invigorate, jump-start, liven, preserve, quicken, rebuild, reinforce, reinvigorate, renew, repair, restimulate, revive, save, stabilize, stimulate, strengthen, vitalize, vivify)

  DRAMATIZE (→): accent, accentuate, act, adapt, aggrandize, amp
lify, assert, augment, burlesque, color, elaborate, embellish, emphasize, enact, enhance, exacerbate, exaggerate, execute, hoke, maximize, overdo, overdramatize, overplay, oversell, overstate, perform, playact, poeticize, produce, punctuate, refine, script, show, splash, stage, stretch (≠ belittle, bore, calm, conceal, deemphasize, dismiss, downplay, hide, hush, mellow, minimize, sedate, simplify, soft-pedal, subdue, tranquilize, underemphasize, understate)

  DRAW (←): acquire, bring, carry, choose, conclude, convey, convince, cull, debit, deduct, draft, drag, drain, elicit, evoke, extract, fascinate, fetch, gather, get, haul, hook, incline, induce, infer, influence, jerk, leach, leech, lug, milk, obtain, persuade, pick, pluck, procure, prompt, pull, pump, rake, receive, remove, select, siphon, slurp, source, subtract, suck, take, tap, tow, trail, trawl, tug, vacuum, withdraw, wrench, yank (≠ cast, clamp, drive, fasten, fling, force, heave, holster, impel, lob, pitch, propel, punt, push, ram, repel, shoot, shove, skitter, sling, throw, thrust, toss)

  DRAW (←): allure, attract, beckon, beguile, bewitch, captivate, charm, coddle, court, deduce, enchant, engage, engross, enthrall, entice, evoke, fascinate, hypnotize, interest, invite, lure, magnetize, mesmerize, razzle-dazzle, rivet, romance, seduce, sway, tantalize, tease, tempt, trigger, win, woo, wow (≠ alienate, annoy, banish, bore, caution, chill, daunt, -deter, disaffect, disappoint, disgust, disillusion, displease, dissuade, disturb, irk, lose, nauseate, offend, -omit, -ostracize, pain, -refuse, -reject, repel, repulse, revolt, sicken, -thwart, torment, warn, weary)