Active Verbs
for Discussing Ideas*
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informs |
protects |
cautions |
confronts |
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reviews |
insists |
shares |
regards |
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states |
handles |
convinces |
toys
with |
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argues |
confuses |
declares |
hypothesizes |
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synthesizes |
intimates |
ratifies |
suggests |
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asserts |
simplifies |
analyzes |
contradicts |
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claims |
narrates |
affirms |
considers |
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answers |
outlines |
exaggerates |
highlights |
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responds |
allows |
observes |
disconfirms |
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critiques |
initiates |
substitutes |
admires |
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illuminates |
supports |
resolves |
uncovers |
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determines |
compares |
assaults |
hesitates |
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challenges |
distinguishes |
disputes |
denies |
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experiments |
describes |
conflates |
refutes |
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pleads |
sees |
reconciles |
demands |
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experiences |
assists |
retorts |
assembles |
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defends |
persuades |
complicates |
criticizes |
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reconsiders |
quotes |
reads |
diminishes |
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verifies |
exposes |
parses |
shows |
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provides |
believes |
stresses |
accepts |
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formulates |
categorizes |
facilitates |
buttresses |
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qualifies |
disregards |
contrasts |
relinquishes |
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hints |
tests |
discusses |
treats |
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repudiates |
postulates |
guides |
clarifies |
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infers |
acknowledges |
proposes |
grants |
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marshals |
defies |
points
out |
insinuates |
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summarizes |
accepts |
judges |
identifies |
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disagrees |
emphasizes |
enumerates |
explains |
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rationalizes |
confirms |
reveals |
interprets |
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shifts |
praises |
condemns |
adds |
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maintains |
supplies |
implies |
persists |
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seeks |
reminds |
concludes |
supplements |
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announces |
warns |
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*Source: The Curious Researcher by Bruce Ballenger; used by permission of Cinthia Gannett