accentuate
to accent or emphasize
accept
to accept willingly
achieve
to carry out successfully
adopt
to take by choice into a relationship
advocate
to plead in favor of
affect
to produce an effect upon
alleviate
to make more bearable
allow
to let do something
allude
to make an indirect reference
analyze
to study or determine the relationship of parts by analysis
argue
to demonstrate or prove
ascertain
to make certain, exact, or precise
assert
to state or declare positively and often forcefully or aggressively
assess
to determine the importance, size, or value of
assume
to pretend to have or be
attack
to work against forcefully
attempt
to make an effort to do
attribute
to explain by indicating a cause
avoid
to keep away from
base
to find a base or basis for
approach
to draw closer to
believe
to accept as true, genuine or real
challenge
to question formally the legality or legal qualifications of
change
to make different
characterize
to describe the character or quality of
choose
to select freely and after consideration
chronicle
to record in a factual or detailed way
claim
to assert in the face of possible contradiction
comment
to explain or interpret something by comment
compare
to represent as similar
complete
to make whole or entire
concern
to relate to
conclude
to bring to an end
condescend
to put aside one's dignity or superiority voluntarily and assume equality with one regarded as inferior
conduct
to direct
conform
to act in harmony
confront
to present for acknowledgement, contradiction
consider
to think carefully about
contend
to struggle in opposition
contest
to argue against
defend
to maintain by argument, evidence; uphold
define
to set forth from the meaning of
defy
to challenge the power of; resist boldly or openly
demonstrate
to make evident or establish by argument or reasoning; prove
denigrate
to speak damagingly of; criticize in a derogatory manner
depict
to represent by or as if by painting; portray, describe
describe
to represent of give an account of by words
detail
to report minutely and distinctly
determine
to fix conclusively or authoritatively
develop
to set forth or to make clear by degrees or in detail