Activate

by Damon Suede

  GRADE (+): alphabetize, arrange, array, assess, assort, benchmark, brand, catalog, categorize, class, classify, clump, cluster, codify, compare, compartment, compartmentalize, cull, digest, dispose, distinguish, distribute, evaluate, file, group, hierarchize, identify, index, label, list, mark, marshal, order, organize, peg, pigeonhole, place, prioritize, range, rank, rate, recategorize, reclassify, recognize, refer, regroup, relegate, screen, separate, set, shelve, sieve, sift, size, slot, sort, systematize, type, value, winnow (≠ assume, confuse, disarrange, -disregard, estimate, guess, guestimate, half-ass, -ignore, jumble, lump, miscalculate, misclassify, miss, missort, mistake, mistype, mix, -neglect, overestimate, -overlook, scramble, skip, underestimate)

  GRAFT (+): affix, attach, bud, clip, connect, embed, ensconce, establish, fasten, fix, implant, initiate, inoculate, insert, install, Instate, introduce, join, locate, pin, place, plant, position, propagate, root, secure, situate, splice, tie, transplant, unite (≠ cut, detach, divide, draw, eliminate, excise, extract, pick, pluck, prize, remove, separate, split, withdraw, wrench, wrest)

  GRANT (→): accord, afford, allocate, allot, appoint, apportion, assign, award, bequeath, bestow, cede, comp, confer, contribute, convey, deed, deliver, designate, dispense, dole, donate, drop, dub, endow, extend, fix, furnish, gift, give, hand, impart, invest, name, offer, present, proffer, provide, relinquish, set, show, spare, stake, supply, surrender, tender, transfer, transmit, vest, volunteer, yield (≠ -abort, abrogate, accept, acquire, appropriate, commandeer, confiscate, debit, -decline, -deny, derive, disinherit, dispossess, divest, drop, gain, gather, glean, impound, inherit, invalidate, -nullify, obtain, procure, -rebuff, -refuse, -reject, remove, repel, -repudiate, -rescind, retract, revoke, rob, seize, source, -spurn, swipe, take, -void, withdraw, withhold)

  GRANT (→): accede, accept, accord, acknowledge, admit, affirm, allow, announce, assume, avow, betray, blab, bless, blurt, break, broadcast, circulate, communicate, concede, confess, confide, confirm, declare, disclose, disseminate, divulge, expose, give, impart, inform, leak, let, permit, proclaim, profess, publish, recognize, reveal, spill, suppose, telegraph, tell, unburden, unload, unveil, vouchsafe, warn, yield (≠ conceal, condemn, contradict, cover, debate, debunk, -deny, disallow, disavow, disclaim, discredit, -disown, disprove, dispute, distrust, doubt, gainsay, hide, neg, -negate, obscure, rebut, refute, -reject, -repudiate, scruple, suspect, veil, -veto) (¿) ABSTRACTION ALERT. Concrete goals essential!

  GRAPPLE (←): accost, battle, clasp, clinch, clutch, combat, confront, engage, face, fight, grab, grasp, grip, hold, seize, snatch, tackle, wrestle (≠ -avoid, -dodge, drop, -duck, dump, -elude, -escape, -evade, -overlook, shake, -sidestep, skip, skirt)

  GRASP (←): bag, catch, clasp, clench, clinch, clutch, collar, corral, crush, embrace, encircle, enclose, grab, grapple, grip, hold, hook, hug, land, nab, seize, snag, snatch, squeeze, squoosh, take, wrap (≠ -avoid, bequeath, bestow, deliver, drop, forfeit, give, hand, lose, misplace, offer, plonk, receive, -refuse, release, relinquish, spare, surrender, transfer, transmit, volunteer, yield)

  GRASP (+): appreciate, assimilate, comprehend, conceive, diagnose, discern, fathom, follow, grok, incorporate, integrate, internalize, know, master, penetrate, perceive, realize, sense, suspect, suss, understand, visualize (≠ confuse, forget, misconstrue, misdiagnose, mishear, misinterpret, misread, miss, mistake, misunderstand, -neglect, -overlook) (¿) ABSTRACTION ALERT. Concrete goals essential!

  GRATIFY (+): appease, assuage, baby, cocoon, coddle, conciliate, content, cosset, favor, fulfill, humor, indulge, infantilize, mollify, mollycoddle, oblige, overindulge, overprotect, pacify, pamper, placate, quench, recompense, reconcile, resolve, sate, satiate, satisfy, slake, soothe, spoil, square (≠ abuse, appall, betray, bridle, check, constrain, cripple, curb, deceive, disappoint, disfavor, disgrace, dismay, frustrate, harm, hobble, hurt, impair, incapacitate, inhibit, injure, restrain, stifle, upset, wrong)

  GRATIFY (+): amuse, attract, beguile, bewitch, brighten, cajole, calm, captivate, charm, cheer, comfort, content, delight, distract, divert, draw, elate, electrify, enamor, enchant, encourage, engage, engross, enliven, enrapture, entertain, excite, exhilarate, fascinate, favor, galvanize, gladden, gratify, hearten, help, humor, indulge, interest, intrigue, lull, mellow, mesmerize, mitigate, moderate, mollify, occupy, pacify, placate, please, pleasure, rejoice, rouse, sate, satisfy, schmooze, stimulate, suit, thrill, tickle, titillate, treat, warm, win, woo (≠ affront, aggravate, agitate, anger, annoy, bore, bother, bug, burden, chafe, depress, disgust, displease, distress, disturb, earbash, enrage, exasperate, fret, gall, grate, harass, harry, incense, infuriate, insult, irk, irritate, madden, nag, needle, nettle, nitpick, offend, outrage, pain, peeve, perturb, pester, pique, provoke, rankle, rile, roil, rouse, ruffle, sadden, scare, sicken, upset, vex, weary, worry)

  GREASE (+): anoint, bathe, butter, cream, douse, drench, lard, lube, lubricate, marinate, moisten, moisturize, oil, pomade, schmooze, slick, smear, soak, soften, souse, wash, water, wax, wet (≠ abrade, callous, chafe, coarsen, dehydrate, desiccate, dry, harden, harshen, parch, rough, roughen, scratch, scuff, sear, stiffen)

  GREASE (+): abet, accelerate, advance, aid, alleviate, ameliorate, assist, assuage, boost, brainstorm, bribe, buy, catalyze, cherish, comfort, corrupt, disentangle, ease, enable, encourage, entertain, entice, expedite, facilitate, fast-forward, fast-track, fix, forward, foster, further, glad-hand, hasten, heal, help, hurry, hustle, improve, influence, instigate, keep, kick-start, loosen, lubricate, midwife, mitigate, nobble, nourish, nurse, nurture, outbid, outlay, overpay, overspend, palaver, pay, press, promote, prompt, protect, quicken, relieve, remedy, rush, simplify, smooth, solve, soothe, speed, spur, straighten, streamline, suborn, support, sustain, trigger, unclog, uncomplicate, untangle (≠ aggravate, -avert, bear, block, checkmate, clog, complicate, confound, constipate, delay, -deter, expose, filibuster, foil, -frustrate, -halt, hamper, hamstring, harm, hinder, hobble, impair, impede, inhibit, monkey-wrench, muddle, obstruct, occlude, oppose, postpone, -prevent, -prohibit, protest, retard, ruin, scotch, shelve, short-circuit, slow, spoil, stall, starve, steal, stem, stiff, stint, stop, stump, stymie, -thwart, -veto, withhold, worsen)

  GREET (+): accost, acknowledge, address, approach, attend, buttonhole, call, compliment, detain, embrace, flag, glad-hand, hail, high-five, hug, meet, notice, receive, recognize, salaam, salute, signal, stop, waylay, welcome (≠ affront, -bypass, -cold-shoulder, daunt, detour, -disdain, dismiss, -disregard, -dodge, -duck, -ignore, miss, -omit, -sidestep, -slight, -snub, -spurn, threaten)

  GRIEVE (/): afflict, agitate, ail, anguish, appall, bother, bum, burden, concern, crucify, crush, dash, daunt, demoralize, depress, discomfort, discompose, discourage, dishearten, dismay, dispirit, disquiet, distress, disturb, freak, horrify, hurt, offend, oppress, pain, perturb, sadden, shock, sicken, torment, torture, trouble, undo, unhinge, unnerve, unsettle, upset, weigh, worry, wound (≠ animate, boost, brighten, buoy, cheer, comfort, console, delight, elate, encourage, excite, exhilarate, gladden, gratify, heal, hearten, inspire, invigorate, lift, please, prioritize, reassure, soothe, stimulate, thrill, transcend, uplift)

  GRILL (←): annoy, ask, besiege, bombard, canvass, catechize, chaff, challenge, check, consult, cross-examine, cross-question, debate, debrief, disbelieve, discredit, disprove, dispute, doubt, earbash, examine, hammer, harass, hector, hound, interrogate, interview, investigate, irk, irritate, nag, needle, nettle, niggle, nitpick, pester, poll, probe, pump, query, question, quiz, research, roast, scruple, survey, suspect, test (≠ answer, -avoid, conceal, confide, -deny, -dodge, -duck, -evade, feign, hide, -ignore, mislead, -neglect, observe, rejoin, remark, retort, silence, stonewall, suppress, withhold)

  GRIND (→): bob, bone, brighten, buff, burnish, clean, dress, edge, face, file, finish, furbish, glaze, gloss, hone, lap, plane, polish, pumice, rasp, rub, sand, sandblast, sandpaper, scour, scrape, scrub, serrate, sharpen, shine, sleek, slick, smooth, strop, veneer, wax, whet (≠ abrade, blunt, callous, chafe, coarsen, dull, granulate,
graze, harshen, rasp, roughen, ruffle, scuff, soften)

  GRIND (→): abrade, callous, chafe, clash, coarsen, crunch, gnash, grate, grit, harden, harshen, hinder, jangle, jar, rasp, roughen, rub, scrape, scratch, scrunch (≠ anoint, assist, butter, drench, ease, grease, lard, lube, lubricate, marinate, moisturize, oil, polish, shine, slick, smear, smooth, wax, wet)

  GRIND (/): atomize, beat, break, bust, chew, comminute, crumble, crunch, crush, dash, disintegrate, fracture, fragment, grate, kibble, mill, pestle, pound, powder, pulverize, ruminate, shatter, smash, splinter (≠ assemble, build, create, doctor, fabricate, fashion, fix, forge, form, meld, melt, mend, mold, patch, preserve, produce, protect, renovate, repair, restore, sculpt, shape)

  GRIP (←): bag, bear, capture, carry, catch, clasp, clench, clutch, collar, corral, cradle, embrace, feel, finger, grab, grapple, grasp, handle, hold, hook, hug, land, nab, nail, paw, seize, snag, snare, snatch, take, trap (≠ -abandon, bequeath, bestow, cant, cede, chuck, deliver, drop, forfeit, give, hand, plonk, -reject, release, relinquish, render, unclasp, unhand, yield)

  GRIP (←): absorb, amuse, arrest, bedazzle, beguile, bewitch, catch, charm, compel, delight, distract, divert, enchant, engage, engross, enrapture, entertain, enthrall, entrance, fascinate, hypnotize, involve, lighten, mesmerize, please, refresh, relax, rivet, spellbind, stimulate, thrill, wow (≠ annoy, bore, bug, burden, disgust, displease, exhaust, irk, irritate, jade, nag, needle, nitpick, offend, repel, revolt, sadden, sicken, tire, vex, weary, worry)

  GROOM (+): adjust, adorn, arrange, array, beautify, brush, clean, comb, costume, curry, dandify, decorate, delouse, dress, embellish, enhance, festoon, fix, garnish, gild, glamorize, glitter, glitz, grace, improve, manicure, moisturize, neaten, oil, optimize, ornament, overhaul, paint, perfume, polish, pomade, preen, prep, prepare, prettify, pretty, primp, ready, refine, renovate, scent, shave, shine, sleek, slick, smarten, smooth, spackle, spiff, spruce, tidy, titivate, trim, wash (≠ bedraggle, callous, coarsen, dirty, disfigure, dishevel, draggle, harm, harshen, impair, injure, maim, mangle, mar, muss, scalp, scar, soil, spoil, tangle, untidy, wound)

  GROOM (+): adapt, adjust, alter, arm, clean, coach, convince, drill, educate, equip, inculcate, influence, instruct, mentor, modify, mold, nurture, persuade, polish, prep, prepare, prime, program, ready, refine, refresh, school, season, shape, sharpen, sophisticate, teach, temper, toughen, train, transform, tutor (≠ barbarize, callous, coarsen, compromise, deprogram, extract, forget, freeze, -negate, -omit, -overlook, paralyze, purge, rescue, study)

  GROPE (→): abuse, brush, caress, clasp, clutch, contact, cuddle, feel, finger, fondle, fumble, goose, grasp, graze, grip, handle, manhandle, manipulate, massage, maul, molest, nuzzle, palm, palpate, pat, paw, pet, pluck, ply, poke, probe, rub, search, sense, skim, smack, squeeze, stroke, strum, touch, twiddle (≠ -avoid, block, defend, deflect, discourage, -dodge, -elude, -escape, -evade, foil, guard, -ignore, inhibit, -neglect, parry, protect, -refuse, resist, -sidestep, support, -thwart)

  GROSS (←): accumulate, aggregate, amass, clear, collect, draw, earn, gain, get, increase, make, obtain, pocket, produce, pull, realize, reap, receive, take, total, yield (≠ borrow, forfeit, give, grant, loan, lose, net, pay, relinquish, spend, squander, steal, stiff, stint, surrender, waste, yield)

  GROUND (+): acquaint, adjust, align, anchor, assume, attune, balance, base, calibrate, center, coach, compose, concentrate, counteract, counterbalance, discipline, drill, educate, equalize, establish, even, familiarize, fit, fix, focus, found, hang, harmonize, indoctrinate, inform, initiate, instruct, introduce, level, match, mentor, neutralize, offset, pace, parallel, plant, poise, postulate, predicate, premise, prepare, presume, presuppose, prime, qualify, ready, regulate, rest, root, school, secure, set, settle, square, stabilize, stay, steady, suppose, teach, tie, train, tune, tutor (≠ challenge, confuse, convulse, cross-examine, discombobulate, disconcert, discredit, disprove, dizzy, doubt, eliminate, heckle, interrogate, jolt, mismatch, mistrust, -negate, -obviate, question, rattle, rebut, refute, -reject, -repudiate, roil, scruple, shake, suspect, unbalance, upset)

  GROUND (/): anchor, bar, beach, berth, bind, block, chasten, confine, curtail, detain, dock, down, fell, fix, floor, hinder, impede, land, level, limit, maroon, -preclude, -prevent, -prohibit, restrain, restrict, stop, strand, suppress, -thwart (≠ aid, emancipate, encourage, free, incite, liberate, loose, permit, release, spring, transcend, urge)

  GROUP (+): accumulate, amass, arrange, assemble, associate, ball, band, batch, bracket, brigade, bulk, bunch, bundle, clump, cluster, collate, collect, combine, compile, concentrate, congregate, connect, corral, garner, gather, harmonize, heap, herd, hive, join, lasso, link, lump, mass, merge, muster, network, organize, pack, pile, pool, press, raise, rally, stack, stockpile, swarm, systematize, throng, unite, wrangle (≠ alienate, break, diffuse, disband, disintegrate, dismiss, dispel, disperse, dissipate, dissolve, -ditch, dump, eject, estrange, -exclude, expel, jettison, -omit, -ostracize, oust, scatter, send, separate, sever, split, spread, toss)

  GROUP (+): align, alphabetize, arrange, array, assemble, associate, assort, band, bracket, catalog, categorize, class, classify, clump, cluster, codify, compartment, compartmentalize, coordinate, cull, digest, dispose, distinguish, distribute, draw, file, gather, glean, grade, hierarchize, identify, index, link, list, marshal, order, organize, peg, pigeonhole, place, prioritize, range, rank, recognize, regiment, relegate, screen, separate, set, shelve, sieve, sift, slot, sort, stereotype, systematize, tidy, type, typecast, winnow (≠ churn, confuse, disarrange, dislocate, disorder, disorganize, disturb, jumble, lump, mess, misclassify, missort, mistype, mix, muddle, scramble, shuffle, tangle, unsettle, untidy)

  GROW (+): breed, create, crop, cultivate, culture, deliver, develop, double, dress, embed, engender, evoke, farm, fertilize freshen, gather, generate, germinate, glean, ground, harvest, help, implant, improve, invent, make, nourish, nurture, originate, outgrow, plant, pot, prepare, produce, promote, propagate, provoke, quicken, raise, rear, replant, reseed, revive, ripen, root, seed, sow, sprout, stimulate, tend, transplant, yield (≠ afflict, blight, consume, crop, cull, cut, defoliate, deforest, demolish, destroy, devour, dig, diminish, doom, drain, eat, extirpate, gather, glean, -halt, harvest, hay, -ignore, kill, lose, mow, -neglect, pick, pluck, poison, pull, raze, reap, reduce, ruin, scavenge, scorch, shrivel, sicken, squander, stop, stunt, uproot, waste, weaken, wither, worsen, yield)

  GUARANTEE (→): accent, accentuate, advance, advertise, advocate, affirm, amplify, announce, assert, assure, avow, blaze, boost, call, champion, convince, declare, defend, emphasize, espouse, explain, justify, persuade, plug, prioritize, proclaim, profess, promote, pronounce, publicize, rationalize, reaffirm, reassert, stress, support, underline, underscore, uphold (≠ challenge, contradict, counter, debate, -deny, disavow, disclaim, discredit, disprove, dispute, doubt, gainsay, -ignore, minimize, -negate, -neglect, -overlook, question, rebut, refute, -reject, -repudiate, scruple, understate)

  GUARANTEE (+): affirm, assert, assure, attest, avow, back, bond, certify, cinch, clinch, confirm, corroborate, countersign, cover, crosscheck, declare, demonstrate, depose, endorse, ensure, establish, guard, ice, indemnify, insure, maintain, pledge, promise, protect, prove, reassure, recoup, register, safeguard, secure, shield, show, sponsor, state, stipulate, substantiate, support, swear, underwrite, verify, vouchsafe, vow, warrant, witness (≠ attack, break, compromise, damage, deceive, -deny, -disown, disprove, distrust, double-talk, doubt, endanger, enfeeble, imperil, injure, invalidate, predict, refute, -reject, -repudiate, risk, scruple, suspect, undermine, weaken, worry)

  GUARANTEE (+): adhere, assert, assure, attest, authenticate, avow, bond, certify, confirm, contract, corroborate, covenant, declare, demonstrate, insist, insure, notarize, pledge, promise, second, stipulate, substantiate, support, swear, testify, undertake, uphold, validate, verify, vow, warrant, witness (≠ challenge, cheat, consult, contest, contradict, debate, debunk, deceive, -deny, disavow, disclaim, discredit, disgrace, disprove, dispute, distrust, doubl
e-talk, doubt, gainsay, grill, interrogate, invalidate, question, rebut, refute, stiff)

  GUARD (+): armor, assure, attend, -avert, babysit, barricade, battle, beware, block, blockade, budget, bulwark, chaperone, chauffeur, conduct, conserve, convoy, cover, defend, embattle, escort, fence, fight, fortify, house, inoculate, insulate, insure, keep, mind, observe, oppose, oversee, patrol, police, preserve, -prevent, protect, resist, safeguard, sanction, save, screen, secure, sentinel, shelter, shepherd, shield, stonewall, superintend, supervise, support, tend, ward, watch, withstand (≠ -abandon, assail, assault, attack, beset, besiege, betray, blind, blindfold, blitz, bombard, compromise, confound, deceive, -desert, -disregard, endanger, forget, -forsake, harm, hurt, -ignore, imperil, injure, jeopardize, leave, lose, -neglect, open, outlast, overrun, risk, storm, submit, target, trick, unbar, unblock, unbolt, uncover)

  GUIDE (→): administer, chair, choreograph, command, conduct, control, direct, engineer, govern, guard, handle, keep, lead, manage, micromanage, mind, operate, orchestrate, oversee, pace, pilot, protect, regulate, rule, run, safeguard, spearhead, stage-manage, steer, steward, superintend, supervise, tend, watch (≠ bobble, botch, bugger, bungle, doom, flub, follow, fumble, half-ass, mar, mind, mishandle, mismanage, obey, ruin, serve, spoil, wreck)