by Damon Suede
SCUPPER (/): axe, compromise, defeat, demolish, destroy, disable, doom, endanger, foil, imperil, invalidate, kill, monkey-wrench, overthrow, overwhelm, ruin, scuttle, sink, submerge, torpedo, wreck (≠ advance, advantage, assist, benefit, defend, foster, guard, preserve, promote, protect, support, survive, weather)
SEAL (+): block, bung, caulk, chink, choke, cinch, clog, close, clot, congest, cork, dam, fasten, fill, jam, obstruct, occlude, pack, plug, plumb, pucker, secure, shut, stem, stop, stopper, stopple, stuff, tighten, waterproof (≠ aerate, broach, clear, core, crack, excavate, force, hollow, open, oxygenate, prize, scoop, shovel, steam, unblock, uncork, unseal, ventilate)
SEAL (+): accept, affirm, approve, authorize, certify, clear, clinch, conclude, confirm, consign, counterseal, endorse, finalize, formalize, initial, legalize, okay, ratify, rubber-stamp, settle, sign, stamp, validate (≠ botch, -cancel, -decline, -deny, disallow, disapprove, jettison, -negate, -prohibit, -rebuff, -refuse, -reject, -spurn, -veto)
SEAR (/): bake, barbecue, brand, broil, burn, cauterize, char, cremate, fire, ignite, immolate, incinerate, inflame, kindle, light, scald, scar, scathe, scorch, singe, steam (≠ chill, cool, douse, extinguish, freeze, heal, marinate, rinse, smother, soak, wash, water, wet)
SEARCH (→): check, dig, disclose, discover, dredge, evaluate, examine, excavate, explore, expose, fathom, fish, forage, frisk, hunt, inspect, investigate, mine, patrol, perambulate, pilfer, plumb, probe, prospect, prowl, pry, raid, rake, ransack, ravage, reconnoiter, research, reveal, rummage, scoop, scour, scout, scrutinize, seek, shovel, sift, sound, spade, survey, suss, tour, transit, travel, traverse, trowel, unearth, visit, wander (≠ -abandon, -avoid, block, -bypass, circumnavigate, -circumvent, conceal, cover, defend, donate, -evade, guard, hide, -ignore, impede, keep, mask, mislead, miss, mistake, neaten, -neglect, orbit, -overlook, -prevent, -prohibit, protect, receive, -refuse, -reject, return, shield, skip, skirt, stash, stow, supply, tidy, volunteer, yield)
SEARCH (←): ascertain, assess, audit, benchmark, browse, check, comb, deduce, descry, detect, determine, dig, discern, discover, dredge, evaluate, examine, explore, ferret, find, frisk, get, grok, hit, hunt, inspect, investigate, learn, locate, mark, notice, peruse, plumb, probe, rake, ransack, read, review, riffle, rifle, rummage, scan, scope, scour, scrounge, scrutinize, seek, sift, slot, sort, study, survey, suss, track (≠ -abandon, baffle, bewilder, blanket, bury, cloak, conceal, confound, confuse, cover, deceive, defraud, -discount, disguise, disprove, -disregard, forget, -forsake, hide, -ignore, lose, mask, misjudge, mislay, misread, miss, mistake, misunderstand, muddle, mystify, -neglect, obscure, -omit, -overlook, perplex, puzzle, screen, shroud, trick, unlearn, veil)
SEASON (+): acclimate, acclimatize, accommodate, accustom, adapt, adjust, age, authorize, bolster, boost, brace, buttress, calibrate, case-harden, condition, discipline, educate, empower, enable, enforce, entitle, equip, familiarize, fit, fortify, groom, habituate, harden, immunize, indoctrinate, instruct, inure, invigorate, limber, mature, mellow, moderate, naturalize, orient, prep, prepare, prime, qualify, ready, rehabilitate, reinforce, ripen, school, shape, steady, steel, strengthen, support, tailor, teach, temper, tone, toughen, train, treat, tutor, tweak, vitalize (≠ castrate, cripple, debilitate, disqualify, emasculate, enervate, enfeeble, exhaust, hamstring, impair, incapacitate, overextend, sap, scotch, sensitize, soften, unman, weaken, wither)
SEASON (+): appetize, brighten, color, dress, drizzle, dulcify, enhance, enliven, enrich, entice, flavor, garnish, ginger, imbue, improve, infuse, lace, leaven, liven, magnify, marinate, maximize, optimize, overhaul, pepper, perfume, prepare, revolutionize, richen, salt, saturate, sauce, savor, sour, spice, sugar, sweeten, syrup, zest (≠ blemish, blunt, blur, bore, cloud, contaminate, damage, dampen, deaden, dilute, diminish, dull, foul, harm, hurt, impair, maintain, muddle, nauseate, repel, repulse, simplify, sully, taint, water)
SECLUDE (/): alienate, cage, cloister, closet, confine, detach, detain, disengage, hold, immure, incarcerate, institutionalize, insulate, isolate, jail, keep, -omit, -ostracize, oust, quarantine, remove, restrain, restrict, segregate, separate, sequester, withdraw (≠ annex, assemble, assimilate, associate, combine, connect, desegregate, discharge, free, include, incorporate, integrate, join, liberate, link, loose, merge, network, reintegrate, release, unite)
SECOND (+): abet, advance, advocate, aid, approve, assist, back, champion, defend, encourage, endorse, espouse, forward, foster, further, help, praise, promote, rubber-stamp, sanction, support (≠ attack, censure, condemn, denounce, incriminate, kill, monkey-wrench, revile, ruin, sabotage, scupper, subvert, undercut, vilify)
SECRETE (/): appropriate, bury, cache, cloak, clothe, cloud, conceal, cover, disguise, ensconce, entomb, hide, hoard, holster, inter, screen, sequester, sheathe, shroud, squirrel, stash, take, tuck, veil (≠ bare, brandish, disclose, disinter, display, exhibit, exhume, expose, flaunt, niche, parade, reveal, show, showcase, uncover, unearth, unmask, unveil, unwrap)
SECURE (←): access, accomplish, accumulate, achieve, acquire, actualize, amass, annex, assure, attain, bag, bring, buy, capture, carry, catch, cinch, claim, clear, crest, crosscheck, download, draw, earn, ensure, gain, garner, get, grasp, gross, guarantee, hook, import, insure, knock, land, lock, make, net, notch, obtain, occupy, pick, procure, pull, rack, reacquire, realize, reap, reattain, recapture, regain, score, source, stockpile, take, win (≠ -abandon, accord, bequeath, bestow, drop, forfeit, give, grant, lose, miss, pay, -refuse, release, relinquish, starve, steal, stiff, stint, surrender, undershoot, withhold, yield)
SECURE (+): adjust, affix, anchor, attach, attain, batten, bind, bolt, button, catch, cement, chain, chock, cinch, clamp, clinch, close, deadbolt, embed, entrench, fasten, fix, hitch, hogtie, implant, ingrain, jam, lash, leash, lock, lodge, moor, mortar, nail, padlock, peg, pin, pinion, reinforce, rivet, seal, set, settle, shut, steady, strap, stuff, tack, tether, tie, tighten, wedge (≠ detach, extract, loose, loosen, prize, pry, pull, secure, slack, slacken, tear, unfasten, untie, uproot, wrest, yank)
SECURE (+): armor, assure, attach, -avert, ban, bar, barricade, battle, blockade, bulwark, colonize, conserve, cordon, cover, defend, embattle, ensure, fence, fight, fix, forfend, fortify, guarantee, guard, indemnify, insure, keep, lock, oppose, outlast, patrol, preserve, -prevent, protect, prove, reinforce, resist, safeguard, save, screen, shield, strengthen, support, wall, ward, withstand (≠ ambush, assail, assault, attack, beset, besiege, blindside, blitz, bombard, boobytrap, bushwhack, compromise, damage, endanger, harm, hurt, injure, overrun, penetrate, protest, sabotage, sandbag, scupper, storm, submit, target, threaten, undermine, yield)
SECURE (+): assure, attest, certify, choreograph, cinch, confirm, endorse, ensure, establish, guarantee, ice, insure, orchestrate, pledge, promise, sponsor, stipulate, swear, underwrite, warrant, witness (≠ annul, -cancel, damage, destabilize, discourage, enfeeble, impugn, overthrow, rock, sabotage, scotch, shake, shelve, subvert, topple, undercut, undermine, unhorse, unman, unseat, weaken)
SEDATE (←): allay, alleviate, anesthetize, appease, assuage, balance, calm, chloroform, compose, daze, deaden, defuse, dope, dose, drug, ease, etherize, hush, hypnotize, intoxicate, lighten, lull, medicate, mellow, mesmerize, mitigate, moderate, mollify, narcotize, numb, pacify, placate, quell, quiet, quieten, relax, relieve, restrain, settle, shanghai, silence, smooth, soften, soothe, stabilize, steady, still, stupefy, subdue, torpefy, tranquilize, unruffle (≠ aggravate, agitate, anger, arouse, bait, bother, chafe, charge, convulse, discompose, disturb, dizzy, energize, enrage, excite, fluster, foment, goad, incite, inflame, infuriate, irk, irritate, jolt, madden, needle, nettle, perturb, provoke, rankle, rattle, rile, roil, rouse, shake, spur, stimulate, stir, terrorize, trouble, unnerve, upset, vex, wake, worry)
SEDUCE (←): absorb, allure, amuse, arouse, arrest, attract, bait, bamboozle, beckon, bedevil, beguile, bewitch, bribe, cajole, candy-coat, captivate, capture, catch, charm, coax, conquer, convince, court, dare, dazzle, deceive, decoy, delight, delude, disarm, draw, enamor, enchant, engag
e, engross, enlist, enmesh, enrapture, ensnare, entangle, entertain, enthrall, entice, entrance, entrap, excite, fascinate, galvanize, grab, grant, gratify, grip, honey, hoodwink, hook, hypnotize, incite, indoctrinate, induce, influence, inspire, instigate, interest, intrigue, inveigle, invite, lead, lure, magnetize, manipulate, mesmerize, mislead, monopolize, motivate, move, obsess, occupy, oil, palaver, paralyze, persuade, please, preoccupy, provoke, pull, ravish, razzle-dazzle, romance, rope, rouse, schmooze, seize, sell, snare, snooker, snow, solicit, spellbind, steer, stimulate, stir, strike, suborn, sugarcoat, suggest, sway, sweeten, tangle, tantalize, taunt, tease, tempt, thrill, titillate, train, transfix, transport, trap, treat, trigger, turn, urge, vamp, welcome, wheedle, whet, win, woo, wow (≠ affront, alarm, alert, anger, annoy, appall, badger, -balk, beleaguer, blackjack, blackmail, block, bore, bother, browbeat, bug, bully, burden, caution, command, content, covet, crave, dampen, daunt, deaden, demoralize, demotivate, depress, desensitize, -deter, disappoint, discourage, disenchant, disgust, dismay, dissuade, drain, dull, enervate, enrage, exhaust, fatigue, force, frustrate, fulfill, glut, gratify, harass, hassle, horrify, hunt, -ignore, infuriate, intimidate, irk, irritate, knacker, lose, menace, nag, nauseate, needle, nettle, niggle, nitpick, nobble, numb, offend, outrage, paralyze, pester, plague, pursue, quench, -reject, repel, repulse, revolt, sadden, sate, satiate, satisfy, scare, seek, shake, sicken, slake, -spurn, stifle, stymie, surfeit, terrify, threaten, -thwart, tire, torment, trouble, underwhelm, upset, vex, ward, warn, weary, worry)
SEDUCE (/): abuse, assault, bed, beguile, betray, corner, corrupt, debauch, deceive, defile, deflower, deprave, desecrate, despoil, dishonor, disturb, dominate, force, harm, lure, mar, mislead, mistreat, molest, rape, ravish, ruin, spoil, submit, suborn, tantalize, tempt, trap, violate, wreck, wrong (≠ benefit, bless, cherish, defend, guard, honor, preserve, protect, -refuse, respect, -scorn, shield, -shun, -spurn, sustain, tend)
SEEK (→): aim, ask, attempt, beg, bird-dog, chase, comb, consult, desire, dog, explore, fan, ferret, fish, follow, forage, hunt, intend, investigate, invite, petition, probe, pursue, ransack, request, rifle, root, rummage, scour, scout, scratch, search, sift, spoor, stalk, tail, target, track, trail, try, undertake, want, winnow (≠ achieve, acquire, bury, -bypass, conceal, crest, discard, -discount, discover, -disregard, -ditch, drop, dump, ensconce, entreat, find, forfeit, forget, grasp, hide, -ignore, junk, lose, misread, miss, mistake, -neglect, niche, offload, -omit, -overlook, pass, procure, -quit, secure, seize, -shun, -sidestep, skip, skirt, solicit, toss)
SEEK (←): ask, beg, bid, call, claim, conjure, covet, crave, demand, desire, enjoin, entreat, exact, fancy, favor, fetishize, importune, insist, interrogate, interview, invite, invoke, petition, plead, press, probe, query, question, reclaim, recoup, recover, request, require, requisition, rescue, resent, retrieve, salvage, scavenge, solicit, summon, target, tempt, urge, want, wish (≠ abhor, -avoid, blame, -boycott, criticize, -decline, decry, denounce, -deny, -detest, disclaim, disfavor, -dodge, -duck, -eschew, fault, finger, -forsake, -loathe, -negate, -rebuff, -refuse, -reject, repel, -repudiate, reserve, resist, -scorn, scrap, -shun, -spurn, withhold)
SEGREGATE (/): alienate, confine, detain, disengage, divide, -exclude, hold, immure, incarcerate, institutionalize, insulate, isolate, jail, keep, -omit, -ostracize, oust, polarize, quarantine, remove, restrain, restrict, seclude, separate, sequester, split (≠ annex, assimilate, associate, combine, connect, desegregate, discharge, free, incorporate, integrate, join, liberate, link, loose, mingle, mix, network, reintegrate, release, reunite, unite)
SEIZE (←): abduct, bag, capture, catch, clasp, claw, clench, clinch, clutch, compass, cop, corner, corral, detain, disappear, embrace, enclose, enfold, enmesh, ensnare, entangle, entrap, envelop, fasten, fence, gain, get, glom, glove, grab, grapple, grasp, grip, halter, herd, hold, hook, incorporate, keep, kidnap, land, lasso, lift, nab, nail, net, pinch, pluck, rap, rend, rope, rustle, secure, snag, snap, snare, snatch, squeeze, take, trap, wrangle, wrap, wrest (≠ -abandon, bestow, deliver, discharge, drop, furnish, give, liberate, loosen, lose, mislay, misplace, miss, offer, ransom, redeem, release, remove, save, slacken, supply, tender, unhand, volunteer)
SEIZE (←): ambush, annex, appropriate, arrogate, assume, attach, blindside, bogart, captivate, claim, collar, commandeer, confiscate, convert, corner, despoil, embezzle, embrace, exact, force, freeboot, glom, grab, grasp, hijack, impound, infringe, invade, loot, misapply, misappropriate, misuse, nobble, occupy, overcome, overpower, overrun, overwhelm, pillage, pirate, pluck, poach, possess, preempt, press, raid, repossess, secure, sequester, snatch, steal, subdue, swipe, take, throttle, trap, trespass, usurp, wrench, wrest (≠ bestow, confer, deed, dismiss, donate, drop, earn, endow, enthrone, exchange, free, give, honor, impart, liberate, offer, release, replace, respect, restore, return, spring, square, trade, unbind, volunteer)
SEIZE (←): apprehend, arrest, bag, bind, bust, cage, capture, catch, chain, collar, commit, condemn, confine, conquer, contain, convict, coop, cuff, detain, enchain, fetter, get, grab, grapple, handcuff, hogtie, hold, hook, immure, imprison, incarcerate, institutionalize, intern, jail, jug, land, manacle, nab, nail, pinch, remand, restrain, shackle, snaffle, snare, snatch, straightjacket, trammel, trap (≠ acquit, bail, discharge, emancipate, free, liberate, loose, loosen, manumit, pardon, release, rescue, slack, slacken, spring, unbind, unchain, uncuff)
SELECT (←): accumulate, acquire, adopt, amass, appoint, approve, assemble, bag, cache, capture, cherry-pick, choose, claim, collect, compile, covet, cull, decide, designate, desire, download, elect, embrace, espouse, fancy, favor, fix, gain, garner, gather, glean, grasp, handpick, harvest, hoard, hunt, invite, mark, name, nominate, obtain, peg, pick, pluck, predetermine, prefer, preselect, prioritize, procure, pull, reap, salvage, scavenge, secure, seize, set, slot, snag, snare, source, strip, tab, tag, take, tap, winnow (≠ -abandon, -avoid, bandy, -decline, deep-six, deselect, discard, discredit, disfavor, dismiss, dissipate, -ditch, donate, drop, dump, eliminate, -eschew, -exclude, -forsake, furnish, give, -ignore, jettison, junk, lavish, lose, -neglect, -nix, offer, -omit, predetermine, -refuse, -reject, remove, -repudiate, retain, scatter, -scorn, scrap, skip, -spurn, squander, supply, toss, trash, -veto, waste, withhold)
SELL (→): auction, barter, bootleg, bundle, carry, commodify, deal, dispense, dispose, distribute, dump, exchange, export, flog, franchise, handle, import, keep, launch, market, merchandize, monetize, offload, outsell, package, peddle, pimp, presell, prostitute, provide, reissue, remainder, retail, stock, supply, swap, trade, traffic, vend, wholesale, whore (≠ acquire, borrow, buy, hoard, hold, import, keep, lend, loan, obtain, outbid, possess, preserve, procure, purchase, retain, secure, source)
SELL (→): acclaim, advertise, announce, ballyhoo, bark, boost, broadcast, commercialize, convince, endorse, flog, hail, hawk, hype, laud, market, merchandize, peddle, persuade, pitch, plug, praise, presell, promote, publicize, publish, push, recommend, review, shill, telegraph, tout (≠ bury, conceal, cover, hide, hush, recall, recant, retract, revoke, secrete, silence, suppress, veil, withhold)
SEND (→): accelerate, address, advance, assign, beam, bestow, commission, comp, consign, contribute, convey, courier, delegate, deliver, dispatch, donate, drop, expedite, export, express, forward, freight, give, grant, hand, hasten, import, mail, pack, pass, post, present, redirect, relay, remit, render, resend, return, route, rush, schlep, ship, tender, tithe, transfer, transmit, transport (≠ accept, acquire, collect, download, draw, earn, find, gain, garner, get, keep, obtain, procure, receive, save, secure, source, take)
SEND (→): cast, catapult, chuck, direct, discharge, drive, emit, fire, fling, flip, heave, hurl, launch, lob, move, pitch, project, propel, shoot, sling, throw, toss, wing (≠ catch, clasp, clutch, detain, grab, grip, -halt, hinder, hold, impede, keep, receive, rescue, salvage, slow)
SEND (→): address, beam, broadcast, channel, circulate, communicate, concentrate, convey, detail, dispatch, email, emit, focus, forward, funnel, impart, issue, mail, message,
post, radio, relay, telegraph, televise, text, transfer, transmit, wire (≠ cloak, conceal, contain, hide, hush, obscure, recant, retract, shroud, silence, suppress, veil, withhold)
SEND (←): amaze, amuse, animate, astonish, astound, bewitch, charm, delight, dizzy, elate, electrify, enrapture, entertain, enthrall, enthuse, excite, exhilarate, inspire, intoxicate, move, ravish, stimulate, stir, thrill, titillate, transfix, transport, wow (≠ appall, bore, bother, bug, burden, demoralize, depress, discourage, dismay, displease, distress, fatigue, frustrate, irk, irritate, knacker, nauseate, numb, oppress, repel, repulse, sadden, sicken, weary, worry)
SENSE (←): anticipate, ascertain, assume, await, believe, conjecture, consider, credit, descry, detect, determine, discover, distinguish, divine, espy, expect, experience, eye, feel, foresee, guess, hear, hold, note, notice, observe, read, regard, remark, scent, see, sight, smell, spoor, spy, taste, view, whiff, witness (≠ -avoid, blind, blindfold, -bypass, -circumvent, cloak, clothe, cloud, conceal, confuse, deafen, disguise, dull, -evade, hide, -ignore, mask, muffle, -neglect, -overlook, screen, shield, -sidestep, skirt, stifle) (¿) ABSTRACTION ALERT. Concrete goals essential!