by Damon Suede
READ (←): analyze, assess, benchmark, browse, categorize, classify, clock, consume, devour, examine, explore, eye, eyeball, inspect, investigate, peruse, prioritize, probe, proofread, rank, rate, review, riffle, scan, scope, scrutinize, search, sift, skim, speed-read, study (≠ chronicle, communicate, compose, correct, create, draft, edit, -ignore, jumble, misinterpret, misread, miss, notate, -overlook, pen, punctuate, record, rephrase, scramble, scribble, tweak, write)
READ (←): appreciate, apprehend, browse, catch, comprehend, construe, consult, decipher, decode, deduce, detect, devour, diagnose, discern, examine, fathom, gobble, grasp, grok, interpret, learn, make, penetrate, perceive, peruse, profile, proofread, pry, question, regard, review, scan, scrutinize, skim, speed-read, study, survey, suss, translate, understand, view (≠ -blank, confuse, -disregard, distort, forget, garble, -ignore, jumble, miscommunicate, misconstrue, misdiagnose, mishear, misinterpret, misread, misrepresent, miss, mistake, misunderstand, -overlook, scramble, skim, twist)
READ (←): anticipate, augur, call, comprehend, construe, decipher, decode, divine, forecast, foretell, harbinger, interpret, outguess, predetermine, predict, presage, prognosticate, prophesy, understand (≠ describe, narrate, recite, recount, regret, relate, report, spiel, tell)
READY (→): arm, arrange, assemble, barber, batten, bestow, boot, brace, compose, construct, cook, curry, develop, devise, draft, dress, educate, embattle, endow, equip, fabricate, fashion, fit, fix, forearm, formulate, fortify, foster, frame, furnish, gather, get, gird, groom, gussy, incline, indoctrinate, instruct, lay, make, manicure, marshal, mobilize, mount, order, organize, outfit, predispose, prep, prepare, prime, provide, regiment, school, sculpt, seize, set, spread, steel, strengthen, supply, train, tutor, uncomplicate, warm, weaponize (≠ arrogate, baffle, botch, bungle, confiscate, confuse, -deny, deprive, disorganize, divest, forget, fumble, half-ass, mangle, mismanage, preempt, -refuse, remove, rob, ruin, sabotage, scant, scotch, scupper, scuttle, sequester, shelve, skimp, starve, stint, strip, undermine, usurp, withdraw, withhold, wreck)
READY (+): accustom, adapt, adjust, alert, arrange, authorize, cock, condition, customize, educate, empower, enable, entitle, equip, fit, groom, habituate, indoctrinate, instruct, license, order, organize, prepare, prime, qualify, school, season, set, shape, tailor, teach, train, tutor (≠ conceal, deceive, delude, discombobulate, disorganize, gaslight, hide, mislead, mismatch, -neglect, -omit, -overlook, traumatize, wound)
READY (+): animate, arm, bolster, boost, brace, buoy, buttress, case-harden, cheer, comfort, embolden, encourage, energize, enforce, enliven, excite, exhilarate, fire, forearm, fortify, freshen, harden, hearten, inspire, inure, invigorate, liven, motivate, nerve, poise, prioritize, prop, psych, quicken, rally, reassure, refresh, reinforce, rejuvenate, renew, revitalize, rouse, season, steel, stimulate, stir, strengthen, support, sustain, tone, toughen, uncomplicate, vitalize, weaponize (≠ abuse, alarm, baffle, bewilder, chagrin, confuse, daunt, debilitate, demoralize, demotivate, -deter, discomfit, discourage, dishearten, dismay, dispirit, disturb, embarrass, enervate, enfeeble, fluster, nonplus, overextend, perplex, prostrate, psych, rattle, ruffle, sap, shake, soften, startle, surprise, terrorize, tire, undercut, undermine, unnerve, unsettle, upset, weaken)
REAP (←): accumulate, bag, capture, crop, cut, fish, forage, garner, gather, glean, grow, harvest, hay, hunt, mow, net, pick, raise, select, snare, stockpile, trap (≠ bury, diffuse, grow, hand, implant, lose, miss, plant, -reject, relinquish, scatter, seed, sow, squander, starve, transplant, waste)
REAP (←): accomplish, accumulate, achieve, acquire, actualize, amass, annex, attain, bag, capture, carry, catch, claim, clear, collect, compile, derive, download, draw, earn, gain, garner, get, gross, land, make, net, notch, obtain, occupy, procure, reacquire, realize, reattain, recapture, receive, recycle, regain, remake, salvage, scavenge, score, secure, source, stockpile, take, win (≠ accord, bequeath, bestow, forfeit, give, grant, hand, lose, misunderstand, offer, part, pay, relinquish, spare, steal, stiff, stint, surrender, tender, volunteer, yield)
REAR (+): advance, attend, bottle-feed, breed, cradle, cultivate, develop, direct, discipline, edify, educate, enlighten, father, feed, forward, foster, further, guide, hatch, indoctrinate, instruct, lead, mentor, mind, mother, nourish, nurse, nurture, parent, prepare, promote, provide, raise, school, shelter, shepherd, show, sire, supply, teach, train, tutor, watch (≠ abuse, damage, destroy, doom, eradicate, erase, harm, hurt, -ignore, ill-treat, impair, injure, maltreat, mishandle, mistreat, mutate, -neglect, pervert, stifle, stymie, subvert)
REASSURE (+): allay, alleviate, amuse, assuage, assure, bolster, boost, brace, buoy, buttress, calm, cheer, comfort, console, convince, crosscheck, elevate, embolden, encourage, ensure, fortify, gratify, guarantee, hearten, humor, inspire, invigorate, lift, lull, mellow, mitigate, moderate, mollify, nerve, pacify, placate, prove, quiet, rally, relax, relieve, settle, solace, soothe, stabilize, steady, stimulate, strengthen, sustain, tranquilize, uplift (≠ aggravate, agitate, alarm, anguish, annoy, bother, bug, crucify, demoralize, demotivate, discourage, dishearten, distress, exacerbate, exasperate, fret, harass, heckle, hound, intensify, irk, irritate, nag, needle, nettle, niggle, nitpick, panic, pester, terrify, torment, torture, troll, trouble, unnerve, upset, vex, worry, worsen)
REBUILD (+): adapt, adjust, better, craft, doctor, enhance, fix, gentrify, improve, mend, modernize, optimize, overhaul, patch, perfect, reassemble, recondition, reconstitute, reconstruct, rectify, refashion, refurbish, rehabilitate, rejuvenate, remake, remodel, renew, renovate, repair, reproduce, reshuffle, restore, restructure, retool, revamp, revolutionize, service, tune, tweak, update, upgrade (≠ annihilate, blemish, boobytrap, break, crack, cripple, damage, deep-six, deface, demolish, destroy, disable, disfigure, dismantle, doom, efface, eradicate, erase, flaw, fracture, harm, harshen, hurt, impair, injure, maim, mangle, mar, mutilate, -neglect, nuke, obliterate, pulverize, raze, ruin, sabotage, savage, scotch, scupper, shatter, spoil, topple, vandalize, wreck)
REBUKE (/): abuse, admonish, assail, attack, badmouth, belittle, berate, blackguard, blame, blast, blister, boo, castigate, censure, chastise, chide, condemn, countercheck, criticize, critique, crucify, demean, demonize, denounce, denunciate, deprecate, deride, disparage, disrespect, diss, excoriate, fault, finger, flay, fry, fulminate, gibbet, hammer, harangue, impugn, incriminate, jaw, jeer, keelhaul, knock, lambaste, lash, lecture, lesson, mock, oppose, pan, pillory, punish, rag, rate, ream, reprimand, reproach, reprove, resent, revile, ridicule, rip, scapegoat, scold, score, -scorn, scourge, slam, slap, -snub, tongue-lash, trim, trounce, upbraid, vituperate, zap, zing (≠ acclaim, applaud, approve, blandish, bless, cite, commend, compliment, congratulate, endorse, eulogize, extol, flannel, flatter, gratify, hail, honor, ingratiate, laud, lionize, okay, praise, rubber-stamp, salute, sanction, tout)
REBUT (/): abnegate, abrogate, belie, break, challenge, confound, confute, contest, contradict, contravene, controvert, counter, cross, cross-examine, debate, debunk, defeat, defend, deflect, -deny, disavow, discredit, discuss, disprove, dispute, doubt, explode, falsify, grill, interrogate, invalidate, justify, mistrust, -negate, oppose, overthrow, overturn, parry, quash, query, question, -rebuff, refute, rejoin, repeal, repel, -repudiate, repulse, retort, scruple, subvert, top (≠ adduce, approve, attest, authenticate, buttress, certify, chronicle, concede, confirm, corroborate, cosign, demonstrate, display, document, establish, evidence, evince, illustrate, manifest, notarize, prove, record, show, substantiate, support, validate, verify, witness)
RECEIVE (←): accept, accumulate, acquire, add, admit, amass, annex, apprehend, appropriate, arrogate, assume, bag, buy, capture, catch, claim, collect, compile, cop, corner, corral, derive, download, draw, earn, fetch, gain, garner, gather, get, glean, grab, harvest, heap, hear, hold, import, incur, inherit, land, lure, make, net, obtain, palm, perceive, pocket, procure, pull, purchase, reap, reclaim, recoup, recover, recycle, redeem, rescue, retrieve, salvage, scavenge, score, secure, seize, snag, source, take, win, wrangle
(≠ -abandon, bestow, comp, contribute, -decline, deliver, -deny, disburse, discourage, dispatch, dispense, distribute, -ditch, donate, drop, dump, forfeit, furnish, give, hand, junk, leave, lose, miss, offer, outbid, pass, pay, pitch, present, provide, push, -refuse, -reject, release, -renounce, select, send, spend, steal, stop, supply, swipe, tender, throw, tithe, toss, volunteer)
RECEIVE (+): accept, accommodate, accost, acknowledge, admit, approach, contain, embrace, entertain, greet, hail, hold, host, hug, induct, initiate, install, introduce, invite, meet, notice, permit, salaam, salute, signal, take, welcome (≠ -avoid, ban, banish, bar, blackball, blacklist, block, -deny, disallow, dissuade, eject, -evade, evict, -exclude, exile, expel, -forsake, -halt, -omit, -ostracize, oust, -prohibit, -rebuff, rebuke, -reject, repel, -shun, -snub, -spurn) (¿) ABSTRACTION ALERT. Concrete goals essential!
RECLAIM (←): appropriate, arrogate, commandeer, confiscate, impound, reacquire, recapture, recoup, recover, recruit, recycle, redeem, regain, regenerate, reinstate, replenish, repossess, repurchase, rescue, restore, retake, retrieve, salvage, seize (≠ -abandon, claim, discard, drop, forfeit, forget, -forsake, -ignore, jettison, lose, mislay, misplace, -overlook, -reject, relinquish, -renounce, skip, surrender)
RECOGNIZE (+): absorb, accept, acknowledge, adjudge, admit, allow, appreciate, apprehend, ascertain, assimilate, calculate, catch, clock, compass, comprehend, compute, concede, conceive, confess, decipher, decode, deduce, descry, detect, determine, diagnose, dig, digest, discern, distinguish, endorse, espy, evaluate, eye, eyeball, fathom, finger, get, grant, grasp, identify, incorporate, integrate, internalize, intuit, know, make, nail, note, notice, observe, own, peg, penetrate, perceive, pierce, pinpoint, place, plumb, profile, realize, recall, recollect, register, remark, remember, savvy, scan, scope, scrutinize, see, seize, sense, spot, suss, tag, tell, track, twig, understand, verify (≠ baffle, bewilder, blind, cloak, clothe, cloud, conceal, confound, confuse, costume, cover, debate, deceive, -deny, -discount, disguise, -disown, disprove, dispute, -disregard, distrust, doubt, erase, forget, gainsay, hide, -ignore, invalidate, mask, misapprehend, misconceive, misconstrue, misdiagnose, mishear, misinterpret, misperceive, misread, miss, mistake, misunderstand, muddle, mystify, -negate, obscure, -overlook, perplex, puzzle, rebut, -renounce, scruple, trick, -veto, wonder) (¿) ABSTRACTION ALERT. Concrete goals essential!
RECOGNIZE (+): accept, acclaim, acknowledge, admit, allow, applaud, appreciate, apprehend, approve, avow, celebrate, ceremonialize, cheer, cite, commemorate, commend, compliment, comprehend, concede, confess, congratulate, credit, decorate, elevate, endorse, extol, fête, glorify, gold-star, grant, gratify, greet, hail, high-five, honor, laud, make, memorialize, observe, own, perceive, praise, realize, respect, reward, ritualize, salute, sanction, thank, tout, understand, validate (≠ badmouth, blackguard, blast, boo, censure, condemn, damn, defame, demean, denounce, disapprove, discredit, -disdain, disgrace, dishonor, -disregard, exploit, humble, humiliate, -ignore, incriminate, jeer, libel, malign, misunderstand, mock, -neglect, oppose, -refuse, regret, repent, ridicule, rue, shame, slander, -slight, -snub, -spurn)
RECOMMEND (→): acclaim, admire, admonish, advance, advise, advocate, affirm, applaud, approve, assign, back, bequeath, blandish, brief, caution, celebrate, commend, commit, compliment, confer, confide, confirm, consign, consult, counsel, cue, deal, delegate, deliver, dignify, direct, dispense, disperse, distribute, divide, encourage, endorse, enjoin, entrust, esteem, eulogize, exalt, exhort, extol, favor, flatter, furnish, give, glorify, grant, guide, hand, hype, inform, ingratiate, instruct, justify, laud, leave, lend, loan, magnify, move, notify, pass, plug, praise, preach, prescribe, presell, prize, prompt, propose, ratify, release, relinquish, sanction, second, shill, steer, submit, suggest, supply, support, surrender, task, tout, transfer, transmit, trust, uphold, urge, value, vest, will, yield (≠ accept, assail, blame, castigate, caution, censure, condemn, criticize, critique, debase, denounce, detain, disapprove, discourage, discredit, disfavor, disgrace, -disregard, dissuade, fault, finger, frame, fulminate, -hate, hold, humiliate, impugn, incriminate, insult, keep, knock, mock, neg, occupy, oppose, own, pan, possess, protest, receive, -refuse, regret, -reject, repent, reserve, retain, rue, -scorn, slam, take, trash, -veto, warn, withhold)
RECONCILE (+): accommodate, accord, adapt, adjust, align, approximate, arrange, array, attune, balance, blend, calibrate, center, combine, compose, conciliate, connect, coordinate, correlate, defray, dovetail, equalize, even, fit, fuse, harmonize, hybridize, integrate, join, key, match, mend, merge, orchestrate, order, pair, proportion, rebate, rectify, regularize, remedy, resolve, settle, square, standardize, suit, synchronize, synthesize, tune, tweak, unskew (≠ bother, bug, confuse, customize, disarray, disorder, disorganize, disrupt, disturb, jumble, mismatch, muddle, rattle, scramble, skew, upset)
RECONCILE (+): accept, accommodate, appease, connect, content, coordinate, expiate, forgive, heal, integrate, invite, merge, mollify, pacify, placate, propitiate, redeem, reintegrate, reunite, unify, unite, welcome (≠ alienate, banish, blackball, blame, boot, bounce, deport, disaffect, disconcert, distance, eject, -eschew, estrange, evict, -exclude, exile, fault, finger, fire, frame, isolate, oppose, orphan, oust, -reject, repel, repulse, sack)
RECONSTRUCT (←): analyze, anticipate, assess, benchmark, calculate, conceive, conclude, contemplate, deduce, deduct, derive, detect, determine, elaborate, envisage, envision, estimate, expect, extrapolate, eye, eyeball, gather, gauge, imagine, infer, model, picture, plan, profile, project, read, reckon, recreate, revisit, sample, scrutinize, solve, understand, visualize (≠ alter, baffle, blind, blur, confuse, -disregard, doubt, embellish, embroider, fabricate, fake, falsify, guess, -ignore, mistake, mystify, overwhelm, perplex, puzzle, stump, witness, wonder)
RECONSTRUCT (+): automate, computerize, craft, doctor, fix, gentrify, mechanize, mend, modernize, overhaul, patch, reassemble, rebuild, recapture, recast, reconceive, reconceptualize, recondition, reconstitute, recreate, rectify, recycle, reestablish, refashion, refine, reform, regain, regenerate, rehabilitate, reimagine, reinvent, rejuvenate, remake, remodel, remold, renew, renovate, reorganize, reorient, repair, replace, reproduce, reshape, reshuffle, restore, restructure, retool, revamp, revolutionize, rework, salvage, survive, sustain, update, upgrade, weather, withstand (≠ -abandon, annihilate, antique, blast, bulldoze, deep-six, demolish, destroy, devastate, dismantle, doom, downgrade, eradicate, flatten, fracture, fragment, level, obliterate, raze, remove, ruin, sabotage, scotch, scrap, scupper, shatter, shelve, wreck, zap)
RECORD (←): bug, burn, capture, chronicle, cut, document, edit, film, photo, photograph, picture, produce, retake, shoot, take, tape, tape-record, video, videotape, witness (≠ block, bury, -cancel, censor, classify, conceal, delete, ensconce, erase, expunge, hide, -ignore, loose, misrepresent, miss, -neglect, obfuscate, obscure, screen, shroud)
RECORD (+): book, calendar, card, catalog, chalk, chronicle, classify, clock, collect, compile, docket, document, draft, enroll, enter, enumerate, file, index, inscribe, itemize, jot, journalize, list, log, mark, minute, notch, note, pencil, register, report, reschedule, schedule, score, slate, summarize, tabulate, tally, transcribe, wait-list (≠ access, -cancel, conceal, consult, cover, -decline, delete, eradicate, erase, forget, hide, -nix, pass, reconsider, reference, secrete, shelve, withhold)
RECOUP (←): clear, compensate, earn, gross, indemnify, inherit, make, net, profit, reacquire, recapture, reclaim, recompense, recover, recruit, redeem, refund, regain, reimburse, repay, replenish, repossess, repurchase, rescue, retake, retrieve (≠ borrow, cadge, cheat, compromise, defalcate, drop, embezzle, endanger, forfeit, gamble, lend, loan, lose, mislay, misplace, miss, pilfer, poach, risk, scrounge, squander, steal, stiff, stint, swipe, threaten, waste)
RECOVER (←): catch, collect, conserve, correct, cull, detect, discover, earn, extract, find, fix, gain, grab, gross, grow, harvest, improve, locate, mend, mine, monetize, net, obtain, patch, pinpoint, pocket, preserve, process, pull, rally, reacquire, reap, recapture, rec
eive, reclaim, recollect, reconcile, recoup, recruit, rectify, recycle, redeem, regain, repair, replenish, repossess, reprocess, repurchase, rescue, restore, resume, retain, retake, retrieve, reunite, reuse, right, salvage, save, seize, settle, snag, source, take, unearth, win (≠ -abandon, boobytrap, -desert, -ditch, dump, forfeit, -forsake, lose, mislay, misplace, offload, -refuse, -reject, sabotage, scotch, scupper, scuttle, shelve, starve, steal, stiff, stint, withhold)
RECOVER (+): appease, assuage, better, comfort, cure, decontaminate, divert, enhance, enliven, exhilarate, foster, freshen, gratify, heal, improve, invigorate, mend, nourish, nurse, nurture, palliate, quarantine, quicken, rally, reanimate, recharge, recoup, recuperate, refresh, reinvigorate, rejuvenate, remedy, renew, rescue, restimulate, restore, resurrect, resuscitate, revitalize, revive, salve, satiate, satisfy, save, soothe, spoon-feed, stimulate, treat (≠ afflict, ail, anguish, assault, attack, brutalize, burden, contaminate, curse, -deny, deprive, distress, grieve, harass, harm, hurt, impair, incapacitate, infect, injure, malnourish, -neglect, oppress, overextend, pain, persecute, plague, poison, sicken, starve, strain, stress, strike, terrorize, threaten, torment, torture, traumatize, trouble, upset, victimize, wound, wrong)
RECRUIT (←): acquire, advance, apprentice, assemble, assume, augment, better, conscript, contract, deliver, draft, employ, engage, enlist, enroll, gain, gather, headhunt, hire, impress, improve, induct, levy, mobilize, muster, obtain, partner, pay, place, procure, promote, proselytize, raise, reanimate, recoup, recover, recuperate, refresh, regain, reinforce, reinvigorate, renew, repair, replenish, repossess, restore, retain, retrieve, revive, scout, secure, select, sign, subcontract, upgrade (≠ axe, ban, banish, bar, blackball, blacklist, boot, can, cashier, discard, discharge, -discount, dismiss, exorcise, expel, fire, furlough, -reject, release, sack, -shun, -spurn, wait-list)