by Damon Suede
REPEL (/): affront, aggrieve, anger, annoy, antagonize, appall, boot, bother, bounce, buck, bug, check, cut, disappoint, disgust, -disown, displease, disquiet, distress, disturb, horrify, insult, irritate, jar, nag, nauseate, needle, nettle, nitpick, offend, outrage, provoke, repulse, revolt, rile, scandalize, shock, sicken, -spurn, ward (≠ allure, attract, bed, beguile, bewitch, captivate, charm, delight, disarm, draw, enchant, enrapture, enthrall, entice, entrance, fascinate, gratify, interest, intrigue, lure, please, pull, rejoice, seduce, tantalize, tease, tempt, thrill, tickle) (¿) ABSTRACTION ALERT. Concrete goals essential!
REPEL (/): baffle, -balk, battle, buck, challenge, check, combat, confront, contest, contradict, counter, counterpunch, debate, -decline, deflect, defy, dismiss, dispute, duel, fight, foil, -frustrate, hinder, kick, obstruct, oppose, parry, -rebuff, rebut, -refuse, -reject, repulse, resent, resist, -snub, -spurn, stem, -thwart, ward, withstand (≠ accept, accost, approve, chase, clasp, clutch, demand, desire, embrace, encourage, follow, grab, hail, hunt, invite, pursue, request, seek, shadow, tail, track, welcome)
REPLACE (→): adjust, appoint, deliver, fix, foist, heal, mend, overhaul, reappoint, recall, reestablish, reimpose, reinforce, reinstate, reintroduce, release, relinquish, reload, render, replenish, restock, restore, return, service, substitute, surrender, tend, yield (≠ appropriate, commandeer, confiscate, destroy, drop, end, eradicate, exterminate, lose, maintain, -nullify, obliterate, remove, repeal, reverse, revoke, seize, sustain, weed)
REPLACE (+): change, depose, deputize, disinherit, dislodge, dismiss, displace, dispossess, eject, evict, exchange, expel, follow, oust, overthrow, preempt, refund, relieve, replace, replant, substitute, succeed, supersede, supplant, swap, switch, topple, unseat, usurp (≠ bogart, borrow, catch, filch, grab, hold, nab, pinch, place, poach, purloin, settle, situate, snag, steal, swipe, take)
REPLENISH (→): accoutre, allocate, allot, apportion, arm, assign, bestow, contribute, disburse, dispense, distribute, dole, dollop, donate, equip, feed, fill, fit, fortify, furnish, gird, give, mete, outfit, parcel, portion, prepare, present, prorate, provide, provision, recharge, refill, refresh, reload, renew, replace, reprovision restock, restore, rig, stock, store, supply, tender, tithe, top, victual (≠ cannibalize, consume, cripple, debilitate, deplete, depredate, deprive, dispossess, dissipate, divest, drain, eat, empty, exhaust, malnourish, overextend, require, sap, squander, strip, tap, tax, waste)
REPRESENT (→): agent, assign, broker, constitute, contract, depict, display, embody, engineer, epitomize, evoke, exteriorize, externalize, finesse, invoke, jockey, lobby, manage, manifest, negotiate, obligate, oblige, portray, renegotiate, wangle (≠ -abandon, botch, bungle, cheat, -desert, foozle, -forsake, fumble, half-ass, manipulate, mishandle, mislead, muff, swindle) (¿) ABSTRACTION ALERT. Concrete goals essential!
REPRESS (←): bottle, bridle, bury, chasten, check, cloak, clothe, cloud, collect, compose, constrain, contain, control, cool, cork, cover, crush, curb, -deny, disguise, efface, exorcise, fetter, forget, govern, hide, hinder, hold, hush, inhibit, lock, manage, mask, master, muffle, muzzle, overcome, overpower, pocket, quash, quell, rein, restrain, shush, silence, sink, smother, squelch, staunch, stifle, subdue, subjugate, sublimate, submerge, suppress, swallow, withdraw (≠ advance, aid, allow, arouse, assist, confess, cultivate, disclose, disperse, emancipate, encourage, evince, excite, expose, express, foment, forward, foster, free, help, impel, incite, instigate, liberate, loose, out, permit, provoke, release, reveal, scatter, share, stir, support, unleash, unlock, vent, verbalize, vocalize)
REPRESS (/): annihilate, choke, clamp, conquer, decimate, demolish, desolate, destroy, devastate, dominate, douse, exterminate, extinguish, kill, nuke, obliterate, overcome, overpower, overwhelm, quench, ruin, smash, smother, snuff, squash, squelch, staunch, stifle, strangle, subdue, subjugate, suppress, throttle, vanquish, waste, wreck (≠ advance, aid, assist, back, boost, cultivate, encourage, foment, forward, foster, further, help, incite, instigate, nourish, nurture, prioritize, promote, prop, provoke, rabble-rouse, stir, subvert, support, tantalize, tease, tempt, trigger, whip)
REPRIMAND (/): admonish, advise, berate, blame, boo, castigate, caution, censure, chastise, check, chide, correct, counsel, criticize, critique, denigrate, denounce, discipline, disparage, exhort, fault, finger, frame, fulminate, judge, lambaste, lecture, lesson, punish, rap, -rebuff, rebuke, reproach, reprove, school, scold, -shun, slate, upbraid, warn, zap (≠ admire, applaud, approve, blandish, bless, commend, compliment, congratulate, endorse, eulogize, excuse, exonerate, extol, flatter, forgive, glorify, gratify, honor, lionize, pardon, praise, reward, salute, sanction, spare, tout)
-REPUDIATE (/): -abandon, abjure, -balk, -boycott, -bypass, controvert, -decline, -deny, detour, disapprove, discard, -disdain, dismiss, -disown, -disregard, -eschew, -forbid, -forsake, forswear, gainsay, -ignore, jettison, -negate, -nix, overrule, pass, -prohibit, proscribe, -rebuff, -refuse, -reject, relinquish, -renounce, repeal, revoke, -scorn, scout, -shun, -spurn, surrender, -veto, waive, withdraw (≠ accept, acknowledge, adopt, advocate, aid, allow, approve, assert, back, brook, choose, condone, confirm, countenance, covet, crave, defend, embrace, endorse, endure, face, fancy, fetishize, handpick, invite, maintain, permit, receive, seek, select, stomach, support, swallow, take, tolerate, uphold, welcome)
-REPUDIATE (/): abdicate, abjure, challenge, confute, contradict, criticize, critique, cross-examine, debate, -deny, disallow, disavow, disclaim, discredit, -disown, disprove, dispute, distrust, doubt, gainsay, grill, interrogate, -negate, -nullify, oppose, override, question, rebut, recant, refute, -reject, -renounce, retort, retract, traverse (≠ accept, acknowledge, admit, adopt, affirm, allow, announce, assert, authenticate, avow, claim, concede, confess, confirm, consult, corroborate, declare, embrace, espouse, grant, maintain, notarize, own, profess, reclaim, recognize, submit, substantiate, validate, verify)
REPULSE (/): affront, appall, brutalize, disgust, displease, disquiet, distress, horrify, insult, nauseate, offend, outrage, rattle, repel, revolt, scandalize, shake, shock, sicken, terrorize, traumatize, unnerve, upset (≠ attract, bed, beguile, bewitch, captivate, charm, delight, disarm, draw, entice, fascinate, gratify, intrigue, lure, please, pull, seduce, tantalize, taunt, tease, tempt, thrill, tickle) (¿) ABSTRACTION ALERT. Concrete goals essential!
REPULSE (→): check, curb, defeat, deflect, defy, -disdain, -disregard, fight, -nix, oppose, overthrow, -rebuff, rebuke, rebut, -refuse, -reject, repel, resist, -snub, -spurn, ward, withstand (≠ accept, beckon, call, chase, coax, draw, embrace, hail, include, invite, pull, pursue, seek, solicit, summon, welcome)
REQUISITION (←): appropriate, arrogate, charter, commandeer, commission, confiscate, demand, hijack, hire, impound, license, occupy, request, seize, sequester, solicit, summon, take, use, usurp (≠ bestow, give, keep, offer, provide, receive, -refuse, -reject, relinquish, spare, stop, submit, surrender, tender, volunteer, yield)
RESCUE (←): absolve, acquit, aid, assist, -avert, champion, conserve, counterattack, counterpunch, defend, deliver, discharge, disengage, disentangle, emancipate, enfranchise, escort, exonerate, extricate, free, insulate, keep, liberate, manumit, nourish, pardon, patronize, pluck, preserve, protect, ransom, recapture, reclaim, recover, recycle, redeem, regain, release, relieve, reprieve, retain, retrieve, safeguard, salvage, save, secure, shelter, shield, spring, support, unburden, unchain, unfetter, unleash, unshackle, untie, uphold, ward, watch (≠ abduct, abuse, assault, attack, bash, betray, bind, brutalize, capture, compromise, demolish, destroy, devastate, disappear, dismantle, endanger, enslave, -forsake, gamble, harm, hazard, hurt, impair, imperil, imprison, injure, institutionalize, jail, jeopardize, kidnap, menace, persecute, punish, risk, ruin, savage, seize, target, terrorize, threaten, torment, torture, traumatize, venture, victimize, violate, wreck)
RESEARCH (←): analyze, ascertain, assay, assess, benchmark, browse, calculate, categorize, check, compile, compute, consult, cram, cross-examine, cruise, deduce, detect, determine, diagnose, discern, eval
uate, examine, explore, eye, eyeball, ferret, gather, grill, grok, hunt, inspect, interrogate, interview, investigate, learn, monitor, notice, observe, peruse, prioritize, probe, prove, prowl, pump, question, rank, read, reconstruct, reinvestigate, review, scan, scope, scrutinize, search, seek, sift, skim, spot, study, surf, suss, test, try, verify (≠ accept, addle, assume, baffle, bewilder, blind, bury, -bypass, conceal, confound, confuse, conjecture, deceive, defraud, -disregard, fake, fancy, forget, fudge, guess, half-ass, hide, -ignore, mask, miscalculate, mislead, misread, miss, misunderstand, muddle, mystify, -neglect, obscure, -omit, -overlook, perplex, predetermine, puzzle, -reject, -shirk, skirt, surmise, trick, wonder)
RESENT (/): alienate, begrudge, blame, chide, covet, crave, denounce, desire, disaffect, disappoint, disenchant, disillusion, disrespect, dissatisfy, embitter, endure, envy, estrange, face, fault, grudge, isolate, poison, scant, scold, skimp, sour, stint, stomach, suffer, tolerate, want, weather (≠ accept, admire, appreciate, approve, cherish, esteem, fetishize, forgive, give, invite, love, offer, relish, respect, satisfy, savor, spare, tender, treasure, understand, volunteer, welcome, wish) (¿) ABSTRACTION ALERT. Concrete goals essential!
RESERVE (←): accumulate, archive, bear, boast, budget, cherish, coffer, command, conserve, control, defer, delay, detain, direct, -duck, earmark, enjoy, guard, harbor, hoard, hold, hug, keep, maintain, manage, own, pause, pickle, plant, possess, postpone, preserve, protect, retain, rule, save, shelve, squirrel, stash, stockpile, store, stow, treasure, tuck, withhold (≠ -abandon, bequeath, bestow, blow, cede, circulate, comp, consume, contribute, -decline, diffuse, discard, disseminate, dissipate, distribute, donate, drop, dump, gamble, give, lard, lavish, lose, offer, overfeed, -reject, release, relinquish, -repudiate, risk, scatter, slather, spare, -spurn, squander, surrender, tender, tithe, volunteer, waste, yield)
RESERVE (←): arrange, bespeak, book, calendar, charter, claim, commit, contract, earmark, engage, hire, lease, note, order, plan, prearrange, promise, register, rent, retain, schedule, secure, select, utilize (≠ -abort, break, -cancel, -decline, -deny, discard, -dodge, forfeit, lose, -nix, pass, postpone, reconsider, -rescind, revoke, scrap, shelve, spend, -spurn, squander, use, waste, withdraw)
RESERVE (←): allocate, apply, arrange, bespeak, bestow, bless, book, commit, confide, consecrate, consign, contract, dedicate, devote, earmark, employ, engage, entrust, hallow, hire, order, prearrange, retain, sanctify, save, schedule, secure, use (≠ break, discard, -ignore, lose, misapply, misuse, -neglect, spend, use, waste)
RESIST (/): abide, antagonize, assail, assault, -avert, -avoid, baffle, -balk, bar, barricade, battle, bear, brook, buck, challenge, check, combat, confront, contest, contradict, contrast, counter, counteract, countermand, counterpunch, cross, curb, dare, debate, defend, deflect, defy, disobey, dispute, duel, endure, face, fight, foil, forgo, -frustrate, guard, -halt, hassle, hinder, impede, impugn, inhibit, intercept, maintain, obstruct, oppose, override, parry, -prevent, protect, protest, race, -rebuff, -refuse, -reject, repel, repress, restrain, safeguard, save, screen, secure, shelter, shield, stay, stem, stonewall, stop, suffer, -thwart, traverse, weather, withstand (≠ -abandon, abide, accept, advance, aid, allow, assist, brook, condone, contribute, -desert, -discontinue, encourage, enjoy, help, indulge, ingratiate, invite, okay, permit, promote, provide, sanction, stand, stomach, sustain, tolerate, uphold, welcome)
RESPECT (+): accept, acclaim, accredit, admire, adore, adulate, applaud, appreciate, approve, canonize, cherish, cleanse, commend, compliment, congratulate, consecrate, consider, credit, deify, devote, dig, dignify, elevate, enjoy, ennoble, esteem, exalt, fancy, favor, follow, hallow, heed, honor, idolize, improve, lionize, love, mind, note, obey, observe, praise, pray, prize, purify, recognize, regard, relish, restore, revere, reverence, salute, sanctify, tend, treasure, uphold, uplift, value, venerate, worship (≠ abhor, abominate, abuse, advise, bastardize, bestialize, blacken, blackguard, boo, command, condemn, contaminate, counsel, debase, decry, defame, defile, demand, demean, demonize, -deny, deplore, desecrate, -despise, -detest, direct, disapprove, -discount, discredit, -disdain, disfavor, disgrace, dismiss, -disregard, disrespect, educate, enlighten, execrate, guide, -hate, humble, humiliate, -ignore, instruct, insult, -loathe, mandate, mock, -neglect, order, -overlook, pervert, pillory, pollute, profane, require, restrain, ridicule, -scorn, slander, taunt, teach, vilify, violate, warn, wrong) (¿) ABSTRACTION ALERT. Concrete goals essential!
RESTORE (→): allot, allow, assign, assist, attribute, award, bequeath, bestow, consign, contribute, deliver, devote, disburse, dispense, dole, donate, endow, expend, extend, fund, furnish, give, grant, help, impart, indemnify, lavish, lend, offer, outlay, overpay, pay, pledge, present, provide, ration, rebate, recharge, recoup, refill, refund, reimburse, reinstate, reintroduce, reload, render, renew, repay, replace, replant, replenish, reprovision, restock, return, send, serve, share, shower, submit, supply, tender, tithe, underwrite, volunteer (≠ bleed, cannibalize, consume, defund, deplete, depredate, disinherit, drain, drink, dry, empty, exhaust, keep, leach, leech, nobble, overextend, poach, purloin, remove, sap, slurp, steal, stiff, stint, strain, suck, swallow, take, tax, weaken, withhold)
RESTORE (+): aid, alleviate, assist, cure, enliven, fix, freshen, gentrify, heal, help, improve, mend, modernize, overhaul, rebuild, reclaim, recondition, reconstruct, recover, recycle, redecorate, redeem, reform, refresh, refurbish, regenerate, rehabilitate, reinvigorate, rejuvenate, renew, renovate, repair, replace, rescue, reshuffle, retouch, revamp, revitalize, revive, salvage, strengthen, update, upgrade (≠ -abandon, abolish, abrogate, break, castrate, cripple, damage, debilitate, demolish, destroy, doom, emasculate, eradicate, erase, harm, hurt, indispose, injure, kill, leech, level, malnourish, -neglect, repeal, -rescind, ruin, sabotage, scotch, scrap, scupper, shelve, sicken, sink, starve, subvert, undermine, unman, weaken, wear, weed, wither, wizen, wound, wreck, wrong)
RESTRAIN (←): arrest, bind, block, book, bridle, capture, categorize, censor, chain, chasten, check, confine, constrain, constrict, control, convict, cramp, curb, curtail, delay, detain, encumber, fetter, frogmarch, gag, govern, -halt, hamper, handcuff, hinder, hogtie, impede, impound, imprison, incarcerate, inhibit, institutionalize, intern, jail, leash, manacle, march, muzzle, obstruct, pace, pin, pinion, police, -prevent, -prohibit, ration, redact, regulate, repress, restrict, secure, shackle, shelve, short-circuit, stall, stifle, stop, straightjacket, subdue, suppress, tackle, tether, tie, tighten (≠ aid, air, allow, animate, arouse, assist, -avoid, compel, emancipate, enable, encourage, evince, excite, express, force, free, help, -ignore, impel, incite, indulge, liberate, loosen, lose, -neglect, permit, promote, provoke, release, rescue, save, slack, slacken, spring, start, tolerate, unbind, unchain, unleash, untie, vent)
RESTRICT (/): ban, bar, bind, block, bottle, bound, cage, categorize, chain, condition, confine, constrain, constrict, contain, control, convict, cramp, curb, curtail, debilitate, demarcate, detain, disable, disqualify, encumber, enervate, enfeeble, fetter, -forbid, gate, hamper, handcuff, handicap, hinder, hogtie, hold, impede, impound, incapacitate, incarcerate, inhibit, -interdict, intern, limit, localize, pinch, -prohibit, ration, regulate, restrain, straiten, strangle, suppress, taboo, temper, tether, tie, tighten, trammel, weaken (≠ allow, assist, broaden, develop, encourage, enlarge, exceed, expand, extend, foster, free, help, increase, legalize, lengthen, liberate, loose, loosen, open, outreach, permit, promote, raise, release, slacken, stretch, unbind, unleash, untie, widen)
RESURRECT (+): awaken, energize, enkindle, ensoul, gentrify, jump-start, kick-start, reactivate, reanimate, reawaken, reboot, recharge, reconceive, reconceptualize, redefine, reestablish, refresh, regenerate, reinstall, reintroduce, reinvent, reinvigorate, rejuvenate, rekindle, renew, rescue, restart, restimulate, restore, resuscitate, revitalize, revive, save (≠ assassinate, crush, destroy, doom, end, eradicate, erase, execute, extinguish, kill, lobotomize, murder, neutralize, orphan, quench, slay, snuff, stifle, suppress, terminate, wizen)
RESUSCITATE
(+): arouse, awaken, energize, enliven, ensoul, exhilarate, heal, invigorate, jolt, oxygenate, quicken, rally, reanimate, recharge, recoup, recover, recuperate, refresh, reinvigorate, rejuvenate, rekindle, renew, renovate, rescue, restimulate, restore, resurrect, revitalize, revive, save, spark, stimulate, stir, wake (≠ anesthetize, bludgeon, chloroform, concuss, conk, destroy, doom, dope, dose, drug, eradicate, execute, injure, kill, lynch, maim, murder, overdose, poison, sedate, sicken, smother, strangle, suffocate, terminate, throttle, tranquilize)
RETAIN (←): absorb, accumulate, amass, assemble, bear, boast, budget, cherish, clasp, clutch, collect, colonize, command, concentrate, conglomerate, conserve, contain, continue, control, corner, detain, direct, embrace, enjoy, enshrine, gather, grasp, grip, guard, harbor, hoard, hog, hold, hug, husband, keep, maintain, manage, memorize, mind, monopolize, own, possess, preserve, protect, recall, recognize, recollect, remember, reserve, restrain, rule, save, scant, seize, shelter, skimp, sport, stash, stint, store, stow, treasure, withhold (≠ -abandon, abolish, anonymize, bequeath, bestow, -cancel, cede, circulate, comp, contribute, -decline, destroy, discard, -disown, disseminate, donate, doom, drop, dump, entrust, eradicate, erase, expunge, forfeit, forget, -forsake, give, grant, impart, lavish, lose, -nullify, offload, -reject, release, relinquish, -repudiate, scrap, sell, share, spend, -spurn, squander, surrender, tender, tithe, waste, weed, yield)