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Actions & Behavior

100 words and expressions, each with a learner-friendly meaning. Tap any term for its page.

• scrutinizeto examine closely
• ponderto think about carefully
• contemplateto consider thoughtfully
• deliberateto think carefully before deciding
• hesitateto pause before acting
• procrastinateto delay or postpone action
• persevereto continue despite difficulty
• relinquishto give up or let go of
• abandonto give up completely
• pursueto follow in order to catch or achieve
• undertaketo commit to and begin a task
• accomplishto achieve or complete successfully
• striveto make great efforts to achieve
• endeavorto try hard to do something
• aspireto direct one's hopes toward achieving
• thriveto grow or develop successfully
• flourishto grow vigorously; to prosper
• stagnateto stop developing or progressing
• deteriorateto become progressively worse
• dwindleto gradually become smaller
• escalateto increase rapidly
• intensifyto become more intense
• subsideto become less intense; to die down
• diminishto make or become less
• amplifyto increase in size or effect
• curtailto reduce or restrict
• suppressto forcibly hold back or restrain
• provoketo stimulate a reaction, often anger
• appeaseto pacify by giving in to demands
• placateto make less angry
• reconcileto restore friendly relations
• antagonizeto cause someone to become hostile
• acquiesceto accept reluctantly without protest
• complyto act in accordance with a wish or rule
• defyto openly resist or refuse to obey
• rebelto resist authority or control
• conformto behave according to accepted standards
• deviateto depart from an established course
• adhereto stick firmly; to follow closely
• abstainto restrain oneself from doing something
• indulgeto allow oneself a pleasure
• refrainto stop oneself from doing something
• succumbto yield to an overwhelming force
• resistto withstand or oppose
• withstandto remain undamaged despite pressure
• endureto suffer patiently; to last
• overcometo succeed in dealing with a problem
• surmountto overcome a difficulty
• tackleto make determined efforts to deal with
• evadeto escape or avoid cleverly
• eludeto escape from, especially by cunning
• circumventto find a way around an obstacle
• confrontto face up to and deal with
• scrimpto be very economical
• squanderto waste recklessly
• hoardto accumulate and hide away
• allocateto distribute for a purpose
• delegateto assign a task to another
• superviseto observe and direct work
• overseeto watch over and manage
• coordinateto bring parts into a harmonious relation
• orchestrateto arrange or direct skillfully
• facilitateto make a process easier
• expediteto speed up
• hinderto hold back or delay
• impedeto obstruct or slow progress
• obstructto block or get in the way of
• thwartto prevent from succeeding
• foilto frustrate a plan
• undermineto weaken gradually and secretly
• bolsterto support or strengthen
• reinforceto strengthen or support
• fortifyto strengthen against attack
• galvanizeto shock into sudden action
• mobilizeto organize for action
• instigateto bring about or initiate
• inciteto stir up or provoke
• quellto put an end to, often by force
• subdueto bring under control
• dominateto have control over
• dictateto command with authority
• governto control and direct
• manipulateto control cleverly or unfairly
• coerceto persuade by force or threats
• compelto force to do something
• persuadeto convince through reasoning
• dissuadeto persuade not to do something
• deterto discourage from acting
• enticeto attract by offering pleasure
• lureto tempt with the promise of reward
• beckonto signal to come closer
• summonto call to appear or act
• dispatchto send off promptly
• conveneto come together for a meeting
• disperseto scatter in different directions
• assembleto gather together
• congregateto gather into a crowd
• mingleto mix socially
• extricateto free someone or something from a difficulty
• assuageto make an unpleasant feeling less intense