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by Damon Suede

  ENTERTAIN (+): accommodate, admit, bear, board, cherish, compère, cultivate, emcee, feast, feed, foster, fuel, give, harbor, hold, host, house, include, introduce, invite, keep, lodge, maintain, nourish, nurse, nurture, present, provide, quarter, receive, regale, support, sustain, treat, welcome (≠ -abandon, abjure, banish, -deny, -desert, -disdain, -disregard, -forsake, -neglect, -refuse, -reject, -renounce, repel, -repudiate, -scorn, -spurn, withhold)

  ENTHRALL (←): absorb, amuse, beguile, bewitch, bind, captivate, charm, constrain, delight, distract, divert, enamor, enchant, endear, engage, engross, enrapture, enslave, entertain, entrance, fascinate, glamour, grab, grip, hold, hook, hypnotize, intrigue, lighten, mesmerize, obsess, please, preoccupy, razzle-dazzle, refresh, relax, rivet, spellbind, stimulate, subdue, subject, subjugate, subordinate, thrill, transfix, wow (≠ annoy, bore, bug, daunt, disenchant, disillusion, dull, earbash, heckle, irk, jade, nag, nauseate, needle, nettle, nitpick, rankle, repel, repulse, rile, sadden, sicken, tire, vex, weary, worry) (¿) ABSTRACTION ALERT. Concrete goals essential!

  ENTHRONE (+): acclaim, adorn, aggrandize, anoint, boost, canonize, crown, decorate, deify, dignify, elevate, ennoble, enshrine, exalt, extol, festoon, glorify, heighten, heroicize, heroize, honor, idealize, idolize, induct, install, intensify, invest, laud, lift, magnify, praise, promote, raise, reward, romanticize, sanitize, sugarcoat, upgrade, uplift (≠ abase, belittle, conquer, decry, degrade, demean, depose, depreciate, dethrone, detract, disparage, humble, humiliate, minimize, overthrow, topple, unseat, usurp, vanquish)

  ENTICE (←): allure, arouse, arrest, attract, award, bait, bamboozle, beckon, bedevil, beguile, bewitch, bribe, cajole, candy-coat, captivate, capture, catch, charm, coax, conquer, convince, court, dare, dazzle, decoy, delight, disarm, draw, dulcify, educe, enamor, enchant, engage, engross, enlist, enrapture, ensnare, entangle, enthrall, entrance, entrap, fascinate, grab, grant, gratify, grip, honey, hoodwink, hook, hypnotize, incite, indoctrinate, induce, influence, instigate, interest, intrigue, inveigle, invite, lead, lure, magnetize, manipulate, mesmerize, motivate, move, oil, outbid, overpay, palaver, paralyze, persuade, please, provoke, pull, ravish, razzle-dazzle, reward, rouse, schmooze, seduce, seize, sell, snooker, solicit, spellbind, stimulate, strike, suborn, sugarcoat, suggest, sway, sweeten, tangle, tantalize, taunt, tease, tempt, test, thrill, titillate, train, transfix, transport, trap, treat, trigger, urge, vamp, welcome, wheedle, whet, win, woo, wow (≠ affront, alarm, annoy, appall, assuage, badger, baffle, -balk, beleaguer, bore, browbeat, bug, bully, burden, caution, cloy, command, content, covet, crave, daunt, demand, demotivate, -deter, disappoint, discourage, disgust, dismay, displease, dissuade, exhaust, fill, force, frustrate, fulfill, glut, gratify, hassle, horrify, hunt, irk, irritate, lose, menace, nag, nauseate, needle, niggle, nitpick, offend, pester, plague, pursue, quench, -reject, repel, repulse, revolt, sadden, sate, satiate, satisfy, scare, seek, shake, shock, sicken, slake, surfeit, terrify, threaten, -thwart, tire, torment, upset, vex, warn, weary, worry, wound)

  ENTITLE (+): accredit, affirm, allow, approve, authenticate, authorize, bless, certificate, certify, charter, commission, confirm, countersign, delegate, deputize, designate, empower, enable, endorse, enfranchise, ennoble, legalize, legitimize, license, notarize, ordain, permit, privilege, qualify, rate, ratify, reapprove, recertify, revalidate, sanction, validate, warrant (≠ ban, blackball, -cancel, decertify, delegitimize, disable, disallow, disenfranchise, disqualify, -forbid, incapacitate, invalidate, -nullify, proscribe, stop, -thwart, topple)

  ENTOMB (/): bury, cloak, conceal, cover, curtain, embalm, ensconce, enshrine, enshroud, hide, inter, obscure, plant, sepulcher, shade, shield, shroud (≠ bare, cremate, disclose, discover, disinter, display, excavate, exhume, expose, resurrect, reveal, show, unbury, unearth)

  ENTRANCE (←): amaze, anesthetize, astonish, attract, beguile, bewilder, bewitch, captivate, charm, compel, daze, delight, dizzy, dumbfound, enamor, enchant, endear, engross, enrapture, enthrall, fascinate, gladden, gobsmack, hold, hypnotize, intoxicate, involve, mesmerize, numb, overpower, overwhelm, please, ravish, razzle-dazzle, rejoice, spellbind, stagger, stun, stupefy, thrill, torpefy, transport, wow (≠ annoy, -balk, bore, bother, bug, dampen, deaden, depress, disappoint, disenchant, disgust, displease, dull, earbash, exhaust, hallucinate, heckle, irk, irritate, nag, needle, nettle, numb, offend, -reject, repel, repulse, revolt, stifle, tire, underwhelm, vex, weary, worry) (¿) ABSTRACTION ALERT. Concrete goals essential!

  ENTRAP (←): abduct, ambush, await, bag, bait, bamboozle, bed, beguile, blindside, cage, capture, catch, con, convince, corner, deceive, decoy, defraud, delude, double-talk, embroil, enmesh, ensnare, entangle, entice, frame, gull, hoax, hook, implicate, induce, inveigle, lasso, lure, manipulate, net, rope, seduce, snare, snooker, snow, sucker, swindle, tantalize, tease, tempt, trap, trick, waylay (≠ assume, assure, believe, credit, discard, discourage, disentangle, disgust, dissuade, -exclude, extricate, free, liberate, loose, lose, miss, release, restore, spring, trust, untangle)

  ENTREAT (←): beg, beseech, blandish, coax, conjure, covet, crave, enjoin, exhort, implore, importune, invoke, panhandle, pester, petition, plague, plead, press, request, solicit, supplicate, urge, wheedle (≠ answer, claim, command, demand, -deny, enforce, exact, extort, give, insist, mollify, oblige, offer, please, provide, -refuse, -reject, supply, volunteer)

  ENTRUST (→): advance, assign, bank, bequeath, commend, commit, confer, confide, consign, credit, delegate, deliver, dispense, disperse, distribute, divide, endow, furnish, give, grant, hand, leave, lend, loan, lumber, pass, recommend, release, relinquish, submit, supply, surrender, transfer, transmit, trust, vest, will, yield (≠ accept, confiscate, detain, hold, keep, occupy, own, possess, receive, reserve, retain, seize, take, withhold)

  ENTRUST (→): allocate, allot, appoint, assign, authorize, charge, commission, commit, confer, confide, consign, delegate, deputize, designate, empower, foist, impose, invest, name, recommend, relegate, shift, task, trust (≠ appropriate, bench, betray, blackball, bungle, -decline, demote, discharge, dismiss, fire, flub, incriminate, oust, overthrow, -refuse, sideline, wrong)

  ENTWINE (←): braid, coil, embroil, entangle, interlace, intertwine, join, knit, knot, link, plait, raddle, ravel, rotate, tie, twine, twist, weave, wind, wreathe (≠ cut, extricate, free, loose, release, separate, unbraid, unravel, untangle, untwist)

  ENVELOP (←): absorb, blanket, circle, clasp, cloak, conceal, consume, contain, corral, cover, deluge, drown, embrace, encase, encircle, enclose, encompass, enfold, engross, engulf, enshroud, guard, hide, hold, hug, obscure, orbit, overwhelm, pen, protect, roll, sheathe, shield, shroud, surround, swaddle, swamp, swathe, veil, wrap (≠ bare, denude, display, excoriate, expose, extract, open, peel, remove, scour, scrape, shed, show, shuck, strip, uncover, undress, unwrap)

  EQUAL (→): approach, approximate, balance, beat, better, complement, connote, counterbalance, denote, echo, eclipse, emulate, equalize, express, image, import, level, make, match, meet, mirror, outdistance, outdo, outperform, outshine, outstrip, parallel, reach, repeat, rival, signify, suggest, supplement, surpass, tally, tie, top, total, touch, transcend (≠ bias, cant, contradict, exceed, forfeit, lose, mismatch, miss, oppose, outrank, outreach, outshine, predetermine, prejudge, prejudice, rephrase, skew, slant, tilt, unbalance) (¿) ABSTRACTION ALERT. Concrete goals essential!

  EQUIP (→): accommodate, accoutre, adorn, allocate, allot, apparel, appoint, apportion, arm, array, assign, attire, bestow, clothe, contribute, costume, deal, deck, decorate, dispense, distribute, dole, donate, dress, embattle, endow, fortify, furnish, gear, gird, give, hand, heel, implement, issue, man, outfit, portion, prep, prepare, present, prorate, provide, provision, ready, rig, stake, stock, store, supply, tender, uniform, yield (≠ bare, commandeer, coopt, -deny, deprive, dispossess, divest, expose, -forsake, -neglect, ransack, -refuse, remove, request, require, stint, strip, weaken, withdraw, withhold)

  ERADICATE (/): abnegate, abolish, annihilate, annul, anonymize, atomize, banish, bulldoze,
-cancel, censor, -cut, decimate, deep-six, delete, delouse, demolish, -deny, desolate, destroy, devastate, disavow, disclaim, disintegrate, dismantle, dismiss, dissolve, divorce, doom, draw, edit, efface, eliminate, erase, excavate, excise, expunge, expurgate, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, extract, extricate, flatten, invalidate, kill, level, liquidate, -negate, neutralize, -nullify, obliterate, off, -omit, pulverize, purge, raze, redact, refute, -reject, remove, -repudiate, retract, revoke, scratch, scrub, smash, squash, strike, suppress, torpedo, total, trash, undo, uproot, vaporize, -veto, waste, weed, withdraw, wreck (≠ aid, assist, authorize, bear, bronze, build, cherish, confirm, conserve, construct, continue, create, embalm, embed, enact, enshrine, entrench, establish, fabricate, fashion, fix, forge, form, help, implant, institute, introduce, keep, legalize, make, manufacture, mend, nurture, patch, perpetuate, plant, preserve, promote, protect, ratify, rebuild, reconstruct, reinstate, reinvigorate, renovate, repair, restore, revive, root, save, schedule, sculpt, seed, shape, shelter, sow, stimulate, support, survive, sustain, weather, withstand)

  ERASE (/): abolish, annihilate, annul, atomize, blackball, -blank, blast, blot, bury, -cancel, censor, clean, consume, -cut, dash, decimate, delete, demolish, destroy, devastate, devour, discard, dismantle, dispatch, dissolve, -ditch, doom, dynamite, eclipse, efface, eject, eliminate, eradicate, excise, exorcise, expel, expunge, exterminate, extirpate, finish, flatten, forget, fragment, hide, jettison, kill, liquidate, -negate, -nullify, obliterate, obscure, oust, powder, prune, pulverize, ravage, raze, remove, rub, ruin, scratch, shatter, smash, snuff, splinter, strike, sweep, terminate, total, trim, waste, wipe, withdraw, wreck, zap (≠ accept, add, aggrandize, amplify, brainstorm, bronze, build, chronicle, conserve, construct, create, defend, develop, document, embalm, enhance, enlarge, exalt, expand, extend, fabricate, fashion, fix, forge, form, frame, highlight, hype, illuminate, include, insert, magnify, make, manufacture, maximize, mend, nurture, patch, plug, preserve, promote, protect, prove, publicize, rebuild, recondition, reconstruct, renew, renovate, repair, restore, retain, revamp, save, sculpt, shape, showcase, spotlight, support, survive, sustain, weather, withstand)

  ERECT (+): assemble, boost, brace, build, buttress, compose, configure, construct, craft, crane, create, elevate, escalate, establish, exalt, fabricate, fashion, forge, form, found, heave, heft, heighten, hike, hoist, initiate, institute, jack, join, lift, machine, make, manufacture, mount, organize, pitch, plant, produce, prop, raise, rear, rebuild, sculpt, shape, steady, support, upend, uplift, upraise (≠ annihilate, atomize, bend, bulldoze, capsize, consume, decimate, demolish, destroy, devastate, devour, disassemble, dismantle, flatten, fracture, fragment, level, mortar, nuke, overturn, prostrate, pulverize, raze, restructure, shatter, topple, vaporize, wrack)

  ERODE (/): abrade, bite, consume, corrode, crumble, decimate, deplete, destroy, devastate, disintegrate, dissolve, doom, eat, excoriate, fragment, gnaw, melt, nibble, ruin, scour, spoil, undermine, waste, wreck (≠ build, construct, erect, fix, freshen, gentrify, preserve, rebuild, refresh, renew, repair, restore, revitalize, revive)

  ESCALATE (→): accelerate, accent, accentuate, accrue, accumulate, add, aggrandize, amass, amplify, ascend, assert, augment, beef, belabor, boost, broaden, build, catalyze, climb, collect, complement, compound, deepen, develop, disturb, elaborate, elongate, emphasize, enhance, enlarge, exaggerate, expand, extend, gather, grow, heighten, hike, hype, increase, inflame, inflate, intensify, lengthen, magnify, maximize, mount, multiply, outgrow, overdramatize, overemphasize, oversell, plug, prioritize, prolong, pump, punctuate, raise, rally, reinforce, scale, sharpen, spread, stoke, strengthen, stress, stretch, supersize, supplement, swell, treble, underline, up, wax, widen (≠ abbreviate, abridge, compress, condense, constrict, curtail, decrease, de-escalate, diminish, downsize, -halt, lessen, limit, lower, minimize, reduce, restrain, shorten, shrink, slow, stop, subtract, underemphasize, weaken)

  -ESCAPE (→): -avoid, -bypass, -circumvent, depart, -desert, detour, disentangle, emancipate, enfranchise, evacuate, extricate, -flee, fly, foil, free, leave, liberate, loose, loosen, lose, manumit, outrun, -quit, redeem, release, rescue, shake, -sidestep, skip, slip, spring, unbind, uncage, unchain, unfetter (≠ abide, brave, capture, chase, endure, face, follow, hunt, retain, seek, stomach, target, track, weather)

  -ESCAPE (→): -avert, -avoid, ban, bar, -bypass, -circumvent, debar, deflect, -ditch, divert, -dodge, -duck, eliminate, -elude, -eschew, -evade, except, -exclude, finagle, finesse, foil, fox, -frustrate, miss, -obviate, outfox, outmaneuver, outsmart, outwit, parry, -preclude, -prevent, shake, -shirk, -shun, skirt, -thwart, ward (≠ accept, catch, contract, court, embrace, incur, invite, pursue, seek, solicit, welcome, woo)

  -ESCHEW (/): -abandon, abjure, -avert, -avoid, ban, bar, -boycott, burke, -bypass, -circumvent, debar, deflect, -deny, discard, -disown, divert, -dodge, -duck, eliminate, -elude, -escape, -evade, except, -exclude, finesse, foil, -forsake, fox, -frustrate, jettison, miss, -obviate, -omit, oppose, -ostracize, oust, outfox, outsmart, outwit, overreach, parry, picket, -preclude, -prevent, -prohibit, protest, -refuse, -reject, relinquish, -renounce, -repudiate, shake, -shirk, -shun, skirt, -spurn, -thwart, waive, ward (≠ accept, accost, adopt, advocate, catch, colonize, confront, contact, contract, court, deliver, demand, embrace, encourage, espouse, face, incur, indulge, invite, keep, legalize, love, permit, pursue, seek, support, welcome, woo)

  ESCORT (+): accompany, attend, bring, chaperone, chauffeur, conduct, convey, convoy, court, defend, deliver, direct, follow, guard, guide, herald, lead, marshal, navigate, partner, pilot, protect, provide, safeguard, schlep, second, see, serve, shadow, shepherd, show, squire, steer, tag, tail, take, transfer, usher, walk (≠ -abandon, accost, assault, attack, -avoid, block, -bypass, chuck, cripple, -desert, -ditch, dump, -forsake, hamstring, harm, hinder, hurt, impair, incapacitate, injure, jilt, maroon, molest, offload, -shun, -sidestep, -spurn, stall, stop, strand)

  ESPOUSE (→): absorb, accept, adopt, advocate, affect, appropriate, approve, arrogate, assimilate, assume, back, champion, cherish, choose, coopt, copy, cultivate, decide, defend, determine, embrace, fancy, favor, follow, foster, heed, honor, imitate, incorporate, integrate, internalize, maintain, nurture, patronize, pick, prefer, pretend, prize, quote, second, select, simulate, support, treasure, uphold, use, usurp, utilize, wish (≠ -abandon, abjure, abnegate, attack, contradict, debate, debunk, discard, discredit, disfavor, -disown, dispute, distrust, -ditch, doubt, dump, -forsake, jettison, junk, oppose, -refuse, refute, -reject, relinquish, -renounce, -repudiate, scruple, -spurn, surrender, suspect)

  ESTABLISH (+): adjust, align, arrange, array, balance, base, begin, brainstorm, build, calendar, calibrate, cast, categorize, chart, classify, coin, collate, compose, connect, constitute, control, create, decree, design, devise, embed, enact, endow, ensconce, entrench, erect, fix, form, found, frame, grade, graft, ground, group, harmonize, implant, inaugurate, inculcate, initiate, insert, install, institute, integrate, introduce, juxtapose, lodge, maintain, marshal, mediate, methodize, moor, open, orchestrate, order, organize, originate, pace, pigeonhole, place, plan, plant, plot, position, prepare, prioritize, provide, rank, rate, rationalize, ready, regiment, regulate, root, schedule, schematize, secure, separate, set, settle, shape, sift, slot, sort, stabilize, start, station, structure, synchronize, systematize, time, unify (≠ abolish, -abort, adapt, adjourn, annihilate, annul, can, cease, close, conclude, destroy, discharge, dismiss, doom, end, finish, fire, -frustrate, -halt, invalidate, -nullify, obstruct, retract, round, ruin, shut, stop, terminate, uninstall)

  ESTABLISH (+): adduce, affirm, ascertain, assure, attest, audit, authenticate, authorize, base, certify, check, clock, concretize, confirm, connote, contextualize, convince, corroborate, crosscheck, declare, deduce, demonstrate, depose, determine, diagnose, discover, document, double-check, evince, exemplify, exhibit, externalize, find, formulate, illustrate, instance, learn, legalize, legislate, legitimize, manifest, observe, prescribe, profile, prove, ratify, rest, show, showcase, state, substantiate,
support, testify, validate, verify, witness (≠ baffle, conceal, confuse, contradict, cover, debunk, delegitimize, disprove, -disregard, enshroud, expose, forget, gaslight, hide, -ignore, invalidate, lose, mask, misconstrue, misdiagnose, mislay, misplace, miss, misunderstand, -neglect, -overlook, refute, screen, shroud, unlearn, unsettle, veil) (¿) ABSTRACTION ALERT. Concrete goals essential!

  ESTEEM (+): adjudge, admire, adore, applaud, appreciate, approve, believe, celebrate, cherish, commend, consider, count, encourage, enjoy, extol, fancy, favor, heed, hold, honor, idolize, judge, laud, lionize, love, mark, mind, notice, observe, praise, prefer, prize, rate, recommend, regard, relish, respect, revere, reverence, think, treasure, value, venerate, view, welcome, worship (≠ -abandon, abhor, abuse, belittle, blackguard, blame, blast, boo, condemn, contemn, criticize, decry, defame, demean, demonize, denounce, denunciate, deplore, deride, -detest, discredit, -disdain, disfavor, disgrace, dishonor, disparage, -disregard, disrespect, execrate, -ignore, incriminate, insult, jeer, -loathe, mistrust, mock, -neglect, pillory, regret, -reject, -renounce, repent, ridicule, rue, -scorn, slander, suspect, wrong) (¿) ABSTRACTION ALERT. Concrete goals essential!