by Damon Suede
MEASURE (→): allocate, allot, allow, apportion, assign, balance, budget, cut, deal, dispense, distribute, earmark, give, level, mete, parcel, partition, portion, ration, regulate, restore, segment, set, share, slice, split, square (≠ check, conceal, control, curb, deduct, deprive, hide, hold, keep, -refuse, repress, reserve, restrain, retain, suppress, withhold)
MEASURE (←): appraise, ascertain, assess, benchmark, calculate, calibrate, caliper, categorize, check, cipher, compare, compute, conjecture, consider, contemplate, critique, demarcate, detect, determine, discover, estimate, evaluate, eyeball, fathom, figure, gauge, grade, guesstimate, judge, mark, meter, number, numerate, plumb, portion, prioritize, quantify, rank, rate, read, reckon, record, scale, size, sound, span, sum, suppose, survey, tally, time, total, triangulate, valuate, value, weigh (≠ assume, bewilder, conceal, confound, confuse, deceive, defraud, disguise, disorder, disorganize, -disregard, fancy, guess, hide, hypothesize, -ignore, lose, mask, misgauge, mismeasure, misread, miss, mistake, misunderstand, muddle, mystify, -neglect, obscure, -overlook, perplex, predict, puzzle, surmise, trick, wonder) (¿) ABSTRACTION ALERT. Concrete goals essential!
MECHANIZE (+): arm, assemble, automate, centralize, computerize, decentralize, depersonalize, design, develop, engineer, equip, expedite, improve, industrialize, invent, modernize, motorize, patent, power, program, remodel, revolutionize, rig, streamline, systematize, update, upgrade, weaponize (≠ antiquate, break, corrode, customize, damage, disassemble, dismantle, fragment, hobble, humanize, hurt, personalize, preserve, retain, ruin, stagnate, wreck)
MEDIATE (+): adjudicate, arbitrate, bother, broker, chair, control, decide, determine, direct, equalize, interpose, invade, judge, manage, moderate, negotiate, pacify, propitiate, reconcile, referee, renegotiate, resolve, restore, reunite, settle, solve, transact, umpire, weigh (≠ -avoid, battle, challenge, cheat, confront, debate, defy, demand, -disregard, -eschew, -ignore, inflame, instigate, manipulate, -overlook, provoke, race, -shun)
MEDICATE (→): anesthetize, apply, bandage, chloroform, cure, deaden, diagnose, doctor, dose, drug, heal, immunize, inject, inoculate, lace, mainline, narcotize, numb, nurse, physic, prescribe, quarantine, remedy, sedate, spike, stupefy, tranquilize, treat, vaccinate (≠ afflict, contaminate, damage, harm, hurt, -ignore, incapacitate, infect, infest, injure, maim, misdiagnose, -neglect, overdose, plague, poison, pollute, sicken, weaken, worsen)
MEET (→): accost, bear, bump, catch, confront, contact, crisscross, cross, discover, endure, experience, face, greet, handle, hit, manage, pass, salute, stomach, strike, suffer, tackle, tolerate, weather, wrestle (≠ -avoid, -disregard, -ditch, -dodge, -duck, -elude, -escape, -evade, -flee, -ignore, -neglect, -omit, -overlook, shake, -shirk, -shun)
MEET (+): accomplish, achieve, answer, claim, commit, compass, complete, conclude, consummate, crest, discharge, effect, equal, execute, fill, finalize, finish, fulfill, keep, make, match, perfect, perform, qualify, redeem, satisfy (≠ breach, break, -disregard, forget, -ignore, mismatch, -neglect, -overlook, -slight, transgress, violate)
MEET (+): assemble, associate, cluster, collect, concentrate, conglomerate, congregate, conjoin, connect, consolidate, convene, couple, cross, gather, intersect, join, link, merge, muster, rally, reassemble, reconvene, touch, unite (≠ -abandon, -avoid, break, depart, disband, disjoin, disperse, disunite, -elude, -escape, -eschew, -evade, -flee, leave, scatter, split)
MELD (+): add, alloy, amalgamate, beat, blend, coalesce, collage, combine, commingle, composite, compound, concrete, conflate, conjoin, emulsify, fold, fuse, homogenize, hybridize, incorporate, integrate, intermingle, intermix, intertwine, interweave, join, knit, link, merge, mingle, mix, stir, synthesize, toss, unite, weave, whisk (≠ break, cleave, detach, diffuse, disengage, disjoin, disperse, dissolve, disunite, divide, divorce, join, part, rupture, scatter, separate, sever, split, sunder, unmix)
MELD (+): accommodate, adapt, align, arrange, attune, balance, blend, complement, compose, equalize, fit, harmonize, match, mix, suit (≠ confuse, disarrange, dislocate, disorganize, disrupt, disturb, hamper, impede, interrupt, mismatch, sabotage, unsettle, upset)
MELLOW (+): age, develop, dulcify, grow, improve, mature, mollify, pacify, perfect, placate, relax, ripen, season, settle, soften, subdue, sweeten, temper (≠ agitate, callous, constrain, energize, excite, hurry, hustle, rush, sharpen, strain, stress, tire, toughen)
MELT (/): canker, collapse, corrode, crumble, defrost, digest, dilute, disintegrate, dissolve, erode, flux, fuse, liquefy, rarefy, separate, smelt, soften, thaw, thin, weaken (≠ brace, clot, coagulate, concentrate, condense, congeal, cool, freeze, harden, petrify, separate, set, solidify, steel, temper, thicken, toughen)
MENACE (/): alarm, appall, blackjack, blackmail, bluff, browbeat, brutalize, bully, chance, chill, coerce, compromise, daunt, dismay, endanger, expose, frighten, funk, gamble, hazard, imperil, intimidate, jeopardize, lower, muscle, overhang, press, pressure, railroad, risk, scare, spook, subject, target, terrify, terrorize, threaten, torment, trash-talk, venture, wager (≠ calm, defend, guard, harbor, help, house, humor, lull, mellow, mitigate, moderate, mollify, nurture, pacify, patrol, placate, preserve, protect, reassure, rescue, resume, safeguard, save, shelter, shield)
MEND (+): aid, ameliorate, amend, bandage, better, cobble, cure, darn, doctor, fix, heal, knit, overhaul, patch, reassemble, rebuild, recondition, reconstruct, recover, rectify, redress, refit, refurbish, regenerate, rejuvenate, remedy, renew, renovate, repair, restore, retool, retouch, revamp, revise, right, service, sew, solder, splint, treat (≠ afflict, blemish, break, bust, damage, deface, disable, disfigure, efface, eradicate, flaw, harm, harshen, impair, inflict, maim, mangle, mar, monkey-wrench, mutilate, ruin, sabotage, scotch, scupper, scuttle, shred, splinter, spoil, tatter, tear, undercut, undermine, unsew, vandalize, wreck)
MENTOR (+): accompany, attend, brief, chaperone, coach, convoy, counsel, cultivate, direct, drill, engineer, enlighten, escort, foster, godfather, guide, inculcate, indoctrinate, inform, instruct, lead, nurture, oversee, pilot, school, shepherd, show, squire, steer, superintend, supervise, sway, teach, train, tutor (≠ abuse, crucify, damage, decondition, exploit, hinder, hurt, -ignore, impede, inhibit, injure, maltreat, mislead, molest, obstruct, oppress, -thwart, torture, wrong)
MERGE (+): add, amalgamate, assimilate, beat, blend, coalesce, collage, combine, commingle, composite, compound, concrete, conflate, conjoin, consolidate, emulsify, fold, fuse, homogenize, hybridize, incorporate, integrate, intermingle, intermix, internalize, intertwine, interweave, join, knit, link, meet, meld, melt, mingle, mix, stir, synthesize, toss, unite, weave (≠ break, cleave, detach, diffuse, disengage, disjoin, disperse, dissolve, disunite, divide, divorce, estrange, -ostracize, oust, part, rupture, scatter, separate, sever, split, sunder, unmix)
MESMERIZE (←): absorb, allure, amaze, anesthetize, appease, arouse, arrest, assuage, attract, bedazzle, beguile, bewitch, cajole, calm, captivate, charm, command, compel, control, dazzle, deaden, delight, distract, dizzy, draw, drug, dull, ease, enchant, engage, engross, enrapture, enslave, ensnare, entertain, enthrall, enthuse, entice, entrance, fascinate, fixate, galvanize, grab, gratify, grip, hold, hook, hush, hypnotize, immerse, immobilize, infatuate, interest, intoxicate, intrigue, inveigle, involve, lull, lure, magnetize, mellow, mitigate, mollify, monopolize, motivate, narcotize, numb, obsess, occupy, overpower, overwhelm, pacify, paralyze, please, possess, preoccupy, provoke, quell, quiet, ravish, razzle-dazzle, relax, relieve, rivet, seduce, settle, silence, soothe, spellbind, still, stimulate, stir, stun, stupefy, subdue, subjugate, suggest, tantalize, tempt, thrill, tickle, titillate, torpefy, tranquilize, transfix, transport, vamp, win, wow (≠ aggravate, agitate, alarm, annoy, bore, bother, bug, convulse, crucify, disenchant, disgust, disillusion, displease, disturb, drain, dull, enliven, enrage, excite, exhilarate, harass, hector, horrify, incite, infuriate, inspire, irk, irritate, jar, jolt, knacker, menace, numb, offend, poke, prod, rankle, rattle, repel, repulse, rile, roil, rouse, shake, shock, sicken, spur, startle,
stimulate, stir, terrify, terrorize, threaten, tire, torment, trouble, unnerve, upset, victimize, violate, wake, weary, worry, wound, wrong) (¿) ABSTRACTION ALERT. Concrete goals essential!
MIDWIFE (←): accelerate, advance, aid, alleviate, ameliorate, assist, assuage, boost, brainstorm, catalyze, cherish, comfort, cure, ease, enable, encourage, entertain, expedite, facilitate, forward, foster, further, grease, harbor, hasten, heal, help, improve, instigate, keep, lubricate, mitigate, nourish, nurse, nurture, promote, prompt, protect, quicken, relieve, remedy, smooth, soothe, speed, support, sustain, trigger (≠ -avert, bear, block, checkmate, delay, -deter, foil, -frustrate, gestate, -halt, hamper, hamstring, harm, hinder, impede, inhibit, monkey-wrench, obstruct, occlude, oppose, postpone, -prevent, protest, ruin, scotch, shelve, short-circuit, spoil, stall, stem, stump, stymie, -thwart)
MILK (←): access, acquire, deflate, derive, drain, draw, elicit, exact, exhaust, express, extract, gather, glean, lap, leech, obtain, press, procure, pull, pump, render, siphon, squeeze, suck, tap, use, vacuum, withdraw, wrench, wrest, wring (≠ augment, boost, cache, fill, guard, hoard, keep, recoup, replace, reserve, restore, save, stash, stockpile)
MILK (/): abuse, beggar, bleed, cheat, commercialize, commodify, diddle, exploit, fleece, gazump, hard-sell, hawk, hype, leverage, manipulate, mistreat, oppress, overcharge, pimp, plug, promote, push, rook, skin, soak, stick, stiff, sting, tout, use, work, wrong (≠ bankroll, benefit, capitalize, create, donate, endow, favor, finance, foster, fund, furnish, increase, protect, replenish, restore, supply, support, undercharge, underwrite)
MIMIC (←): act, adopt, ape, burlesque, caricature, copy, copycat, ditto, duplicate, echo, emulate, enact, fake, feign, ghostwrite, hoke, imitate, impersonate, improv, mime, mirror, mock, pantomime, parody, parrot, perform, play, playact, pretend, replicate, ridicule, roleplay, simulate (≠ cloak, clothe, coin, conceal, concoct, construct, contradict, contrive, create, design, develop, devise, -disdain, disguise, -disregard, -eschew, fabricate, introduce, invent, -negate, originate, patent, -prevent, reverse, -shun, -spurn, vamp)
MINCE (/): butcher, carve, chip, chop, crumble, cut, dice, dissect, divide, grate, grind, hack, hash, kibble, mash, pulverize, purée, shred, slice (≠ accumulate, build, collect, combine, expand, extend, fuse, grow, increase, join, meld, melt, restore, solidify, unify, unite)
MIND (←): accept, allow, analyze, attend, consider, contemplate, entertain, evaluate, examine, follow, fulfill, hear, heed, investigate, keep, learn, mark, mull, note, notice, obey, observe, peruse, ponder, recognize, regard, research, respect, scan, scrutinize, see, study, survey, take, watch, weigh, wonder (≠ buck, challenge, contest, defy, -desert, -discount, dismiss, disobey, disoblige, dispute, -disregard, fight, flout, forget, -ignore, miss, mock, -neglect, oppose, -overlook, -refuse, resist, -scorn, -snub, subvert, transgress, violate, withstand) (¿) ABSTRACTION ALERT. Concrete goals essential!
MIND (←): attend, begrudge, bemoan, beware, consider, contemplate, discern, ensure, follow, guard, heed, keep, lament, learn, mark, mourn, mull, note, notice, obey, observe, perceive, ponder, regard, regret, remember, respect, scrutinize, see, study, trouble, watch, weigh (≠ -blank, defy, -discount, dismiss, -disregard, disrespect, flout, -ignore, miss, -neglect, -overlook, pooh-pooh, -scorn, -slight, -snub) (¿) ABSTRACTION ALERT. Concrete goals essential!
MIND (+): baby, babysit, chaperone, conduct, control, direct, govern, guard, guide, handle, manage, mother, nanny, nurse, nurture, operate, oversee, pace, parent, patrol, protect, regulate, run, safeguard, sentinel, shepherd, shield, sort, steward, superintend, supervise, tend, watch (≠ -abandon, abuse, -desert, -disown, -disregard, forget, -forsake, -ignore, lose, maroon, -neglect, -quit, -reject, -renounce, -repudiate, -shun, -snub, wrong)
MINE (←): claw, dig, dredge, drill, excavate, extract, grub, hew, pan, pluck, plumb, prize, quarry, recover, remove, scoop, search, shovel, spade, unearth, withdraw, work, wrench (≠ archive, bury, conceal, cover, embed, engulf, ensconce, fill, hide, plant, replace, sink, smooth, store, submerge)
MINE (/): ambush, arm, attack, blindside, bomb, boobytrap, bushwhack, decoy, detonate, dupe, entrap, explode, militarize, rig, sandbag, snare, trap, trick (≠ build, defuse, demilitarize, disable, disarm, guard, protect, recover, repair, rescue, restore, save, shield)
MINGLE (+): add, alloy, amalgamate, blend, churn, coalesce, collage, combine, commingle, composite, compound, concrete, conflate, conjoin, emulsify, fold, fuse, homogenize, hybridize, incorporate, integrate, intermingle, intermix, intertwine, interweave, join, knit, link, marry, meld, merge, mix, stir, synthesize, toss, unite, weave, wed (≠ break, cleave, detach, diffuse, disengage, disjoin, disperse, dissolve, disunite, divide, divorce, part, rupture, scatter, separate, sever, split, sunder, unmix)
MINIMIZE (/): abbreviate, abridge, attenuate, bob, clip, compact, compress, concentrate, condense, contract, crop, cull, curtail, cut, decrease, deflate, deplete, depreciate, diminish, downgrade, drain, dwarf, erode, leach, lessen, lighten, lowball, miniaturize, minify, nip, pare, prune, reduce, shave, shear, shrink, slash, taper, trim, truncate, weed, whittle (≠ amplify, augment, broaden, build, develop, elevate, enlarge, expand, extend, grow, heighten, hyperbolize, increase, inflate, lengthen, maximize, overestimate, prolong, raise, strengthen, stretch, swell)
MINIMIZE (/): abrade, badmouth, belittle, besmear, besmirch, blacken, calumniate, cheapen, decry, deemphasize, defame, demean, denigrate, denounce, deprecate, depreciate, deride, detract, diminish, -discount, discredit, dishonor, disparage, disrespect, downplay, dwarf, eclipse, knock, lessen, libel, lower, malign, marginalize, mock, needle, neg, outperform, outrank, overshadow, pan, pillory, pooh-pooh, reduce, ridicule, scandalize, -scorn, shame, slam, slander, smear, soft-pedal, stigmatize, sully, tarnish, traduce, trash, trivialize, underbid, underestimate, underplay, underrate, upstage, vilify, weaken (≠ aggrandize, apotheosize, canonize, commend, deify, dignify, dramatize, elevate, ennoble, enshrine, enthrone, exalt, feature, fetishize, glorify, highlight, hype, idealize, idolize, lionize, magnify, overestimate, overrate, praise, promote, romanticize, sensationalize, sentimentalize, spotlight)
MIRROR (←): adopt, ape, clone, copy, depict, ditto, double, duplicate, echo, embody, emulate, epitomize, exemplify, fake, follow, ghostwrite, illustrate, image, imitate, mimic, parrot, personify, pretend, reduplicate, reflect, repeat, replicate, represent, reproduce, show, simulate, typify (≠ absorb, conceal, concoct, cover, create, discard, dismiss, -disregard, establish, forget, generate, hide, -ignore, invent, -neglect, originate, patent, produce, take, withhold) (¿) ABSTRACTION ALERT. Concrete goals essential!
MISCALCULATE (/): blow, botch, bungle, confuse, cook, corrupt, distort, doctor, fetishize, foozle, garble, half-ass, jumble, misapprehend, misconceive, misconstrue, miscount, misdiagnose, misgauge, misinterpret, misjudge, mismeasure, misread, misrepresent, mistake, misunderstand, muddle, mutilate, overestimate, overrate, overvalue, scramble, screw, slant, spoil, twist, underestimate, underrate, undervalue, wreck (≠ ascertain, attend, calculate, compute, correct, deduce, detect, determine, diagnose, discern, evaluate, figure, get, grok, notice, number, numerate, perceive, rectify, regard, respect, right, scan, scrutinize, spot, total, understand)
MISDIRECT (←): -avert, befuddle, blindfold, cheat, coerce, confuse, convince, deceive, deflect, delude, divert, double-talk, fool, hoodwink, misapply, misappropriate, misguide, misinform, mislead, misrepresent, misuse, refract, trick, waste (≠ advise, benefit, counsel, direct, disenchant, fix, guard, guide, handle, help, inform, lead, manage, protect, respect, straighten, support)
MISHANDLE (/): abuse, appropriate, blow, bobble, botch, bugger, bungle, cheat, damage, defalcate, doctor, drop, embezzle, fiddle, flub, fluff, fumble, half-ass, harm, hurt, ill-treat, lose, maltreat, mess, misappropriate, misjudge, mismanage, misrule, mistreat, misuse, muff, pilfer, plonk, skim, steal, stiff, violate (≠ ace, aid, assist, benefit, boost, enhance, govern, handle, help, husband, improve, manage, nurture, pilot, preserve, protect, redeem, regulate, rescue, restore, rule, salva
ge, save, score, steer, win)
MISJUDGE (/): accept, assume, believe, confuse, corrupt, distort, doctor, expect, fancy, fetishize, foozle, fumble, garble, guess, imagine, infer, jumble, misapprehend, miscalculate, misconceive, misconstrue, miscount, misdiagnose, misgauge, mishear, misinterpret, mismeasure, misread, misrepresent, mistake, misunderstand, muddle, mutilate, overestimate, overrate, overvalue, postulate, prejudge, presume, presuppose, scramble, slant, spoil, suppose, twist, underestimate, underrate, undervalue, wreck (≠ adjudge, ascertain, attend, calculate, compute, correct, deduce, detect, determine, diagnose, discern, educe, evaluate, figure, get, grok, judge, notice, perceive, profile, rectify, regard, respect, right, scan, scrutinize, spot, understand)
MISLABEL (/): bewilder, clutter, complicate, conceal, confound, confuse, disarrange, disorganize, disturb, garble, hide, -ignore, implicate, involve, jumble, mingle, misdirect, mislead, mistake, mistitle, mix, muddle, -overlook, perplex, pigeonhole, puzzle, scramble, shuffle, snarl, stereotype, tangle, tumble, upset (≠ brand, call, caption, catalog, categorize, classify, denote, designate, docket, earmark, hallmark, identify, index, label, mark, monogram, name, prioritize, slot, specify, stamp, stigmatize, tab, tag, ticket, title)