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A

abstracted

accomplished

achieved

acquired

acted

adapted

addressed

administered

advertised

advised

advocated

aided

allocated

analyzed

answered

applied

approved

arranged

articulated

ascertained

assembled

assessed

assisted

attained

audited

augmented

authored

 

B

bolstered

briefed

brought

budgeted

built

C

calculated

cared

catalogued

chaired

charged

chartered

checked

clarified

classified

coached

coauthored

collaborated

collected

comforted

communicated

compared

compiled

completed

composed

computed

conceived

conducted

conserved

consulted

contracted

contributed

converted

coordinated

correlated

counseled

created

critiqued

cultivated

D

dealt

debated

decided

defined

delegated

delivered

designed

detected

determined

developed

devised

diagnosed

directed

discovered

dispatched

displayed

dissected

documented

drafted

drove

E

earned

edited

elected

eliminated

empathized

enabled

encouraged

enforced

enlightened

enlisted

ensured

established

estimated

evaluated

examined

exceeded

excelled

executed

expanded

expedited

experimented

explained

explored

expressed

extracted

F

facilitated

fashioned

financed

fixed

followed

formulated

fostered

founded

freed

G

gained

gathered

gave

generated

governed

guided

H

handled

headed

helped

 

I

identified

illustrated

imagined

implemented

improved

improvised

inaugurated

increased

indexed

indicated

influenced

initiated

inspected

instituted

instructed

integrated

interpreted

interviewed

introduced

invented

inventoried

investigated

J

judged

K

kept

L

launched

learned

lectured

led

lifted

listened

located

logged

 

M

made

maintained

managed

manipulated

mapped

marketed

mastered

maximized

mediated

memorized

mentored

met

minimized

modeled

modified

monitored

motivated

N

narrated

negotiated

nominated

O

observed

obtained

offered

operated

orchestrated

ordered

organized

originated

overcame

oversaw

P

participated

perceived

perfected

performed

persuaded

planned

practiced

predicted

prepared

presented

presided

prioritized

produced

programmed

projected

promoted

proposed

protected

proved

provided

publicized

published

purchased

Q

queried

questioned

qualified

R

raised

ran

ranked

rationalized

read

reasoned

recorded

received

recognized

recommended

recruited

reduced

referred

related

relied

represented

reported

researched

revamped

reviewed

revised

S

scanned

scheduled

screened

selected

set goals

served

shaped

simulated

solicited

solved

specialized

spoke

sponsored

stimulated

strategized

streamlined

strengthened

stressed

studied

substantiated

succeeded

summarized

synthesized

supervised

supported

surveyed

sustained

symbolized

T

tabulated

talked

taught

tested

theorized

tracked

trained

translated

tutored

U

upgraded

utilized

V

validated

verified

visualized

volunteered

W

won

worked

wrote

 

 

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