| TERM
| DESCRIPTION |
| Administer |
Manage or direct the execution of affairs |
| Adopt |
Take up and practice as one's own |
| Advise |
Recommend a course of action; offer an informed opinion based on
specialized knowledge |
| Analyze |
Separate into elements and critically examine |
| Anticipate |
Foresee and deal with in advance |
| Appraise |
Give an expert judgment of worth or merit |
| Approve |
Accept as satisfactory; exercise final authority with regard to commitment
of resources |
| Arrange |
Make preparation for an event; put in proper order |
| Assemble |
Collect or gather together in a predetermined order from various sources |
| Assign |
Specify or designate tasks or duties to be performed by others |
| Assume |
Undertake; take for granted |
| Assure |
Give confidence, make certain of |
| Authorize |
Approve; empower through vested authority |
| Clear |
Gain approval of others |
| Collaborate |
Work jointly with, cooperate with others |
| Collect |
Gather |
| Compile |
Put together information; collect from other documents |
| Concur |
Agree with a position, statement, action, or opinion |
| Conduct |
Carry on; direct the execution of |
| Confer |
Consult with others to compare views |
| Consolidate |
Bring together |
| Consult |
Seek the advice of others |
| Control |
Measure, interpret, and evaluate actions for conformance with plans or
desired results |
| Coordinate |
Regulate, adjust, or combine the actions of others to attain harmony |
| Correlate |
Establish a reciprocal relationship |
| Correspond |
Communicate with |
| Delegate |
Commission another to perform tasks or duties that may carry specific
degrees of accountability |
| Design |
Conceive, create, and execute according to plan |
| Determine |
Resolve; fix conclusively or authoritatively |
| Develop |
Disclose, discover, perfect, or unfold a plan or idea |
| Devise |
Come up with something new - perhaps by combining or applying known
ideas or principles |
| Direct |
Guide work operations through the establishment of objectives, policies,
rules, practices, methods and standards |
| Discuss |
Exchange views for the purpose of arriving at a conclusion |
| Dispose |
Get rid of |
| Disseminate |
Spread or disperse information |
| Distribute |
Deliver to proper destinations |
| Draft |
Prepare papers or documents in preliminary form |
| Endorse |
Support or recommend |
| Establish |
Bring into existence |
| Estimate |
Forecast future requirements |
| Evaluate |
Determine or fix the value of |
| Execute |
Put into effect or carry out |
| Exercise |
Exert |
| Expedite |
Accelerate the process or progress of |
| Formulate |
Develop or devise |
| Furnish |
Provide with what is needed; supply |
| Implement |
Carry out; execute a plan or program |
| Improve |
Make something better |
| Initiate |
Start or introduce |
| Inspect |
Critically examine for suitability |
| Interpret |
Explain something to others |
| Investigate |
Study through close examination and systematic inquiry |
| Issue |
Put forth or distribute officially |
| Maintain |
Keep in an existing state |
| Monitor |
Watch, observe, or check for a specific purpose |
| Negotiate |
Confer with others with an eye to reaching agreement |
| Notify |
Make known to |
| Operate |
Perform an activity or series of activities |
| Participate |
Take part in |
| Perform |
Fulfill or carry out some action |
| Place |
Locate and choose positions for |
| Plan |
Devise or project the realization of a course of action |
| Practice |
Perform work repeatedly in order to gain proficiency |
| Prepare |
Make ready for a particular purpose |
| Proceed |
Begin to carry out an action |
| Process |
Subject something to special treatment; handle in accordance with
prescribed procedure |
| Promote |
Advance to a higher level or position |
| Propose |
Declare a plan or intention |
| Provide |
Supply what is needed; furnish |
| Recommend |
Advise or counsel a course of action; offer or suggest for adoption |
| Represent |
Act in the place of or for |
| Report |
Give an account of; furnish information or data |
| Research |
Inquire into a specific matter from several sources |
| Review |
Examine or re-examine |
| Revise |
Re-work in order to correct or improve |
| Schedule |
Plan a timetable |
| Secure |
Gain possession of; make safe |
| Select |
Choose the best suited |
| Sign |
Formally approve a document by affixing a signature |
| Specify |
State precisely in detail or name explicitly |
| Stimulate |
Excite to activity urge |
| Submit |
Yield or present for the discretion or judgment of others |
| Supervise |
Personally oversee, direct, inspect, or guide the work of others with
responsibility for meeting standards of performance |
| Train |
Teach or guide others in order to bring up to a predetermined standard |
| Transcribe |
Transfer data from one form of record to another or from one method
of preparation to another-without changing the nature of the data |
| Verify |
Confirm or establish authenticity; substantiate |
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