by Damon Suede
SENSE (←): absorb, adjudge, appreciate, apprehend, assimilate, catch, clock, compass, comprehend, conceive, decipher, decode, deduce, detect, determine, diagnose, dig, digest, discern, fathom, get, grasp, incorporate, internalize, intuit, know, learn, make, penetrate, perceive, pierce, plumb, presume, realize, recognize, register, savvy, scan, scope, scrutinize, seize, suppose, surmise, suspect, suss, think, twig, understand, wonder (≠ cloak, cloud, conceal, confound, confuse, -discount, disguise, -disregard, distort, encode, encrypt, garble, hide, -ignore, jumble, lump, misapprehend, misconceive, misconstrue, misdiagnose, mishear, misinterpret, misperceive, misread, miss, mistake, misunderstand, muddle, -neglect, -overlook, perplex, puzzle, scramble, screen, shield, -sidestep, skip, skirt, veil) (¿) ABSTRACTION ALERT. Concrete goals essential!
SEPARATE (+): alphabetize, array, assign, assort, catalog, categorize, class, classify, cluster, codify, colander, comb, compartment, compartmentalize, cull, digest, dispose, distinguish, distribute, file, grade, group, hierarchize, identify, index, insulate, list, marshal, order, organize, partition, peg, pigeonhole, place, prioritize, range, rank, recategorize, reclassify, regroup, relegate, screen, shelve, sieve, sift, slot, sort, space, stereotype, systematize, type, winnow (≠ churn, confuse, desegregate, disarrange, disorder, disorganize, gather, integrate, join, jumble, level, lump, misclassify, missort, mistype, mix, scatter, scramble, strew, unify, unite)
SEPARATE (/): bisect, break, chunk, cleave, comminute, decompose, decouple, detach, dichotomize, disassemble, disassociate, disconnect, disengage, disentangle, disintegrate, disjoin, disjoint, dismantle, dissect, dissolve, distribute, disunite, divide, divorce, estrange, fracture, halve, insulate, intersect, isolate, orphan, part, partition, pull, quarter, remove, rend, resolve, rip, rive, rupture, seclude, segment, segregate, sequester, sever, split, subdivide, sunder, tear, uncouple, unlink, unravel, untie, unyoke, vivisect, withdraw (≠ accumulate, assemble, associate, attach, bind, blend, cement, close, collect, combine, compile, connect, couple, fasten, fuse, hybridize, integrate, join, knit, link, mingle, mix, mortar, recover, reintegrate, reunite, stick, synthesize, unify, unite, unmarry, weld)
SEPARATE (/): abstract, alienate, bifurcate, confine, cordon, depart, detach, detain, disaffect, -discontinue, disengage, disunite, divorce, drop, -eschew, estrange, hold, immure, imprison, incarcerate, institutionalize, insulate, isolate, jail, keep, leave, part, quarantine, remove, restrain, restrict, seclude, segregate, sequester, sideline, split, uncouple (≠ assimilate, associate, connect, desegregate, incorporate, integrate, join, link, marry, network, reclaim, recoup, reintegrate, release, unite, wed)
SEQUESTER (←): appropriate, arrogate, attach, bogart, commandeer, confiscate, dragoon, garnish, impound, preempt, seize, take, usurp (≠ bestow, cede, deliver, forfeit, give, hand, release, relinquish, render, surrender, yield)
SEQUESTER (/): abstract, alienate, confine, detach, detain, disengage, hold, immure, incarcerate, institutionalize, insulate, isolate, jail, keep, quarantine, remove, restrain, restrict, seclude, segregate, separate (≠ assimilate, associate, connect, desegregate, discharge, free, incorporate, integrate, join, liberate, link, loose, reintegrate, release, reunite, unite)
SERVE (→): administer, allocate, apportion, assign, chunk, contribute, deliver, dish, dispense, distribute, dole, dollop, feed, force-feed, fuel, furnish, give, hand, ladle, offer, portion, present, prorate, provide, scoop, spoon, supply, transfer (≠ budget, conserve, -deny, deprive, hold, keep, maintain, preserve, remove, reserve, retain, save, seize, starve, withdraw, withhold)
SERVE (+): advantage, aid, assist, attend, benefit, better, bless, content, delight, favor, follow, further, gladden, gratify, help, improve, obey, oblige, please, profit, satisfy, service, succor, support (≠ afflict, blemish, blight, damage, distress, harm, hinder, hurt, impair, impede, inhibit, injure, irk, maltreat, mar, plague, upset, weary, worry)
SERVE (+): accomplish, achieve, answer, assuage, complete, content, discharge, finish, fulfill, justify, perform, quench, realize, sate, satiate, satisfy, slake, suit (≠ affront, aggravate, anger, annoy, bother, bug, disappoint, distress, gall, infuriate, insult, irk, nag, needle, nettle, niggle, offend, rankle, rile, upset, vex)
SERVICE (+): adjust, aid, ameliorate, attend, better, bolster, brace, chauffeur, check, condition, conserve, correct, cure, defend, doctor, enhance, enrich, fix, freshen, furbish, furnish, guard, heal, help, husband, improve, maintain, manage, mend, modify, nourish, nurture, optimize, overhaul, patch, patrol, prepare, preserve, protect, ready, rebuild, recondition, reconstruct, rectify, redress, reform, refresh, refurbish, regenerate, rehabilitate, reinvigorate, rejuvenate, remedy, renew, renovate, repair, restore, revamp, revitalize, revive, right, safeguard, save, strengthen, supply, support, sustain, tune, tweak (≠ blemish, break, cripple, damage, deface, destroy, disable, disfigure, -disregard, efface, flaw, harm, harshen, hurt, -ignore, impair, incapacitate, injure, maim, mangle, mar, monkey-wrench, mutilate, -neglect, ruin, sabotage, scotch, scupper, shelve, spoil, undermine, vandalize, wreck)
SETTLE (+): accept, affirm, appoint, approve, arrange, authorize, blueprint, broker, calculate, chart, choose, clear, clinch, close, complete, compromise, concert, conclude, confirm, contract, decide, defray, design, determine, draft, end, establish, figure, finalize, finish, fix, frame, graph, intrigue, machinate, maneuver, manipulate, map, negotiate, numerate, okay, plan, pledge, program, promise, reconcile, resolve, sanction, schematize, scheme, script, set, shape, solve, square, transact, warrant, wrap (≠ -abort, contest, counter, counteract, debate, defy, discredit, -disown, disprove, dispute, distrust, doubt, drop, invalidate, object, oppose, predetermine, -prohibit, protest, recall, -refuse, renegotiate, repeal, -rescind, resist, revoke, scruple)
SETTLE (+): adjust, align, allay, alleviate, appease, arrange, assuage, assure, balance, calibrate, calm, center, complete, compose, conciliate, ease, ground, harmonize, heal, help, hush, lull, mellow, mitigate, moderate, mollify, order, organize, pace, pacify, placate, quell, quiet, reassure, regiment, regulate, relax, relieve, reunite, salve, sedate, smooth, solace, soothe, still, stupefy, tranquilize, tweak (≠ aggravate, agitate, arouse, bother, confuse, convulse, derange, disconcert, distress, disturb, exacerbate, exasperate, excite, fluster, foment, heighten, incite, intensify, irritate, muddle, panic, rabble-rouse, rattle, shake, startle, stir, trouble, unnerve, unsettle, upset, vex, worry)
SEVER (/): alienate, amputate, axe, behead, bisect, break, chop, chunk, circumcise, cleave, cut, decapitate, detach, disarticulate, disassemble, disassociate, disconnect, disengage, disintegrate, disjoin, dismantle, dissect, disunite, divide, divorce, estrange, excise, fragment, guillotine, hack, halve, hew, incise, insulate, isolate, joint, pare, part, partition, razor, remove, rend, rip, rupture, scissor, segregate, separate, slash, slice, slit, split, sunder, tear, truncate, uncouple, vivisect (≠ associate, attach, begin, bind, blend, cement, close, combine, connect, continue, couple, establish, fetter, fuse, heal, join, knit, link, maintain, marry, mend, mix, mortar, repair, reunite, secure, sew, solder, start, stick, unite, uphold, weld)
SHACKLE (/): attach, bind, chain, confine, constrain, curb, encumber, enslave, entangle, fasten, fetter, hamper, hamstring, handcuff, handicap, hinder, hobble, hogtie, hold, impede, inhibit, iron, join, lash, limit, link, manacle, obstruct, pinion, restrain, restrict, secure, tangle, tether, -thwart, tie, trammel, truss (≠ detach, disengage, emancipate, free, liberate, loose, loosen, manumit, release, rescue, save, slacken, unbind, undo, unfasten, unfetter, unlock, unshackle, untie)
SHADOW (→): accompany, attend, bird-dog, chaperone, chase, darken, dog, escort, eye, follow, guard, guide, hide, hound, hunt, obscure, observe, pursue, retrace, run, scent, screen, seek, shade, shield, spoor, stalk, tag, tail, target, trace, track, trail, usher, watch (≠ beacon, brighten, -escape, floodlight, guide, head, illuminate, lead, lose, pilot)
SHAKE (→): agitate, beat, blend, bounce, bump, churn, convulse, disturb, faze, flutter, froth, heave, jerk, jiggle, joggle, jolt, jounce, jumble, mix, o
scillate, palpitate, quiver, rattle, razzle-dazzle, ripple, rock, roll, ruffle, scramble, seesaw, shiver, stagger, stir, sway, swing, thrill, twitch, undermine, unnerve, vibrate, wag, wave, wiggle, wobble (≠ affix, anchor, attach, balance, calm, center, compose, fasten, fix, mitigate, moderate, nail, pin, pinion, root, settle, stabilize, steady)
SHAKE (/): -avert, -avoid, ban, bar, -bypass, -circumvent, debar, deflect, -ditch, divert, -dodge, -duck, eliminate, -elude, -escape, -evade, except, -exclude, finesse, foil, fox, frustrate, miss, -obviate, -ostracize, oust, outfox, outmaneuver, outsmart, outwit, overreach, parry, -preclude, -prevent, -shirk, -shun, skirt, -thwart, ward (≠ accept, capture, catch, contract, court, detect, embrace, find, follow, incur, invite, join, pursue, seek, spot, welcome, woo)
SHAME (/): abase, abash, abuse, affront, badmouth, bait, bastardize, belittle, bench, besmear, besmirch, bestialize, blackguard, blister, boo, castigate, censure, chasten, chastise, cheapen, condemn, confound, confuse, criticize, critique, damn, debase, decry, defame, defile, degrade, demean, demonize, demote, denounce, denunciate, depreciate, detract, devalue, diminish, discomfit, disconcert, -discount, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, disparage, disrespect, diss, embarrass, execrate, expose, faze, fluster, foul, fulminate, humble, humiliate, hurt, incriminate, injure, insult, jeer, libel, lower, malign, minimize, mock, mortify, nonplus, offend, out, outrage, pillory, profane, rattle, -rebuff, rebuke, reduce, reveal, ridicule, -scorn, sideline, sink, slander, -slight, slur, smirch, -snub, soil, spoil, stain, sully, taint, taunt, trample, violate, wound, wrong (≠ acknowledge, admire, affirm, aggrandize, applaud, blandish, bless, boost, buoy, canonize, celebrate, cheer, cite, commend, compliment, congratulate, decorate, deify, dignify, elevate, encourage, ennoble, enshrine, exalt, extol, flannel, flatter, glorify, gratify, heroicize, heroize, highlight, honor, hype, idealize, idolize, limelight, lionize, magnify, plug, praise, presell, prioritize, promote, raise, recognize, revere, romanticize, salute, shill, spotlight, support, tout, upgrade, uplift, venerate, worship)
SHANGHAI (←): abduct, appropriate, attack, bag, bundle, capture, coopt, ensnare, entangle, entrap, freeboot, grab, hijack, hook, hotwire, implicate, kidnap, lure, nab, nobble, pirate, pluck, poach, ransom, remove, seize, snag, snatch, steal, swipe, take, waylay (≠ -bypass, chauffeur, defend, deliver, -escape, -evade, foil, preserve, -prevent, protect, ransom, redeem, rescue, restore, safeguard, save, secure, shelter, shield, skip, stymie, -thwart)
SHAPE (→): acclimate, acclimatize, accommodate, accustom, acquaint, adapt, adjust, align, alter, attune, automate, bend, block, calibrate, carve, case-harden, cast, coin, concoct, condition, constitute, construct, contour, convert, correct, create, curl, customize, cut, define, design, determine, develop, devise, doctor, edit, educate, equalize, equip, establish, familiarize, fashion, fiddle, fine-tune, fit, fold, forge, form, foster, frame, gear, guide, habituate, harden, harmonize, improve, influence, inure, knead, make, match, mechanize, model, modify, mold, naturalize, organize, orient, pace, pattern, plan, prepare, prime, produce, punctuate, put, readjust, ready, realign, rebuild, recast, reclaim, reconceive, reconceptualize, recycle, redesign, redevelop, redo, reengineer, refashion, refit, refocus, register, regulate, rehearse, reinvent, rejigger, remake, remodel, reorient, rephrase, reshuffle, rethink, revamp, revise, rework, rig, right, root, rotate, script, sculpt, sculpture, season, settle, shuffle, square, suit, tailor, tone, toughen, transform, tune, tweak, twist, weaponize, whittle (≠ atomize, break, crack, damage, deface, deform, demolish, disfigure, dissolve, distort, fracture, fragment, liquefy, mangle, melt, misadjust, mismatch, mutate, obliterate, pulverize, ruin, shatter, skew, unbalance, unsettle, warp, wreck, wrinkle)
SHAPE (+): adjust, aim, arrange, blueprint, budget, calculate, calibrate, chart, choreograph, concert, contemplate, contrive, design, destine, devise, draft, figure, frame, graph, improvise, intend, intrigue, machinate, map, meditate, orchestrate, organize, outline, phase, plan, plot, premeditate, prepare, project, scheme, script, settle, sketch, strategize (≠ blow, botch, bungle, butcher, derange, disarrange, disarray, disorder, disorganize, duplicate, flub, fumble, gum, half-ass, louse, mangle, mess, mishandle, muss, replicate, rumple, unsettle, upset, wing)
SHARE (→): accord, administer, allocate, allot, allow, apportion, assign, award, bestow, chunk, circulate, contribute, deal, disburse, dispense, disseminate, distribute, divide, divvy, dole, dollop, donate, earmark, furnish, give, grant, halve, hand, issue, measure, mete, parcel, part, partition, pledge, portion, prorate, provide, ration, reallocate, receive, redistribute, reserve, scatter, shift, slice, split, spread, supply, yield (≠ aggregate, appropriate, arrogate, begrudge, collect, combine, composite, compound, confiscate, consolidate, -decline, -deny, deprive, gather, hold, keep, maintain, misallocate, oppose, pool, receive, recycle, -refuse, -reject, retain, salvage, skimp, starve, stint, unite, withhold)
SHARPEN (+): amplify, better, boost, correct, emend, enhance, fine-tune, flavor, fortify, grasp, hone, improve, intensify, learn, magnify, manage, marinate, master, maximize, perfect, polish, realign, rectify, refine, reform, rehabilitate, remedy, revamp, richen, season, shine, spice, strengthen, study, uncloud, upgrade, vitalize (≠ agitate, blunt, compromise, corrupt, damage, debilitate, disable, dull, harm, hurt, impair, incapacitate, injure, mar, pollute, ruin, scramble, spoil, tarnish, undermine, vitiate, weaken, worsen)
SHARPEN (/): dress, edge, file, grind, hone, polish, refine, shine, stroke, strop, taper, whet (≠ blunt, blur, buff, buffer, burnish, cushion, dull, muffle, polish, round, smooth, soften, weaken)
SHATTER (/): annihilate, atomize, batter, beat, best, burst, bust, clobber, conquer, cream, cripple, damage, dash, decimate, deface, defeat, demolish, desolate, despoil, destroy, deteriorate, devastate, dilapidate, disable, disassemble, disfigure, disintegrate, dismantle, dissolve, disunite, divide, doom, drub, efface, eradicate, erode, exhaust, expunge, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, gut, harm, impair, implode, injure, kneecap, lick, liquidate, loot, mangle, mar, master, mutilate, nuke, obliterate, overcome, pillage, plunder, ravage, raze, remove, rout, ruin, sack, scotch, scour, skunk, snuff, spoil, subdue, surmount, thrash, torpedo, total, trample, trash, trim, trounce, unbuild, unmake, vandalize, vaporize, vitiate, wallop, waste, whip, wrack, wreck (≠ build, conserve, constitute, construct, create, doctor, erect, establish, fabricate, fashion, fix, form, found, frame, institute, invent, machine, make, manufacture, mold, organize, patch, preserve, produce, protect, raise, rear, rebuild, recondition, reconstruct, remodel, renovate, revamp, save, sculpt, shape, survive, weather, withstand)
SHATTER (/): atomize, bash, batter, blast, blow, break, burst, bust, chip, crack, crash, crumble, crunch, crush, detonate, discharge, disintegrate, dismantle, dynamite, efface, explode, fracture, fragment, grind, mangle, mortar, nuke, pop, pound, powder, pulverize, pummel, rupture, shiver, smash, snap, splinter, split, spoil, total, trash, vaporize, waste, zap (≠ assemble, bind, build, combine, construct, create, erect, fabricate, fashion, fasten, fix, forge, form, fuse, glue, invent, join, make, manufacture, melt, mend, mold, organize, patch, preserve, produce, protect, raise, rear, rebuild, reconstruct, repair, restore, revamp, save, secure, shape, solder, unite, weld)
SHAVE (/): barber, bob, brush, clip, crop, curtail, cut, dock, fleece, graze, groom, lop, manicure, mow, nip, pare, peel, plane, poll, pomade, prune, razor, reduce, scrape, shear, shingle, shorten, shred, skim, skin, slash, slice, snip, strip, thin, touch, trim, whittle (≠ cultivate, develop, -disregard, elongate, extend, foster, grow, increase, lengthen, -neglect, nurture, stretch)
SHELTER (←): accommodate, barrack, bestow, billet, board, chamber, conceal, cover, defend, domicile, enclose, ensconce, fortify, garrison, guard, harbor, hide, house, invite, lodge, place, preserve, protect, quarter, roof, room, safeguard, screen, secure, shade, shadow, shield, shingle, shroud, stable, surround, ward, welcome (≠ -abandon, abuse, assault, ban, banish, bar, betray, compromise, damage, eject, endanger, evict, exile, exorcise, expel, expose, harm, hurt, imperil, injure, -rebuff, -refuse, -reject, repel,
reveal, risk, -shun, target, threaten, uncover)
SHELVE (←): -abort, abrogate, adjourn, annul, banish, bank, bench, -blank, bury, cache, call, cellar, close, coffer, conceal, conclude, deactivate, defer, degrade, delay, demote, deposit, detain, disband, disbar, -discontinue, dismiss, disperse, dissolve, downgrade, drop, eject, end, ensconce, -exclude, exile, expel, extend, ground, -halt, hold, inactivate, interrupt, invalidate, jettison, kill, lengthen, mothball, -negate, -nullify, offload, -ostracize, oust, pause, postpone, prolong, protract, quash, recall, recess, relegate, remove, repeal, -rescind, reserve, retard, revoke, sack, sideline, slow, squirrel, stash, stay, stop, store, stow, stretch, suspend, table, terminate, transfer, tuck, unload, -void, warehouse, withdraw, wrap (≠ activate, assemble, begin, brainstorm, call, circulate, continue, convene, convoke, elicit, encourage, establish, expedite, expend, extend, found, inaugurate, incite, induce, initiate, inspire, instigate, institute, introduce, launch, lavish, motivate, muster, nominate, open, organize, prod, prolong, promote, prompt, provoke, rally, renew, reopen, resume, scatter, spend, spur, start, stimulate, summon, trigger, urge)
SHEPHERD (+): accompany, advise, assess, attend, brief, chair, chaperone, chauffeur, check, coach, conduct, control, convoy, counsel, cultivate, detect, direct, drill, engineer, enlighten, escort, follow, foster, gauge, godfather, govern, guard, guide, handle, herd, inculcate, indoctrinate, inform, inspect, instruct, judge, lead, maintain, manage, marshal, mentor, mind, monitor, nanny, nurture, observe, organize, oversee, pastor, pilot, proctor, protect, regiment, safeguard, scan, school, show, squire, steer, supervise, support, survey, sway, teach, track, train, tutor, usher, watch (≠ -abandon, abuse, addle, baffle, blind, blindfold, compromise, confound, confuse, damage, deceive, -desert, -disregard, -ditch, -exclude, forget, forgo, -forsake, harm, hurt, -ignore, imperil, injure, maroon, misdirect, misguide, mishandle, mislead, mismanage, miss, -neglect, oppose, -ostracize, oust, -overlook, perplex, puzzle, -reject, risk, shake, -shun, -snub, -spurn, strand, trick)