03 April 2012

Verb Bulding


Verb Building—All these words are verbs.  Yes, they are also sometimes nouns and adjectives, but look up the verbal meanings and write them down on the lines.  Some have more than one verbal meaning.  Learn the more interesting one.
Abscond  ____________________________________________________________________
Abstract  ____________________________________________________________________
Accept ____________________________________________________________________
Access  ____________________________________________________________________
Admit  ____________________________________________________________________
Admonish  ____________________________________________________________________
Affect  ____________________________________________________________________
Alert  ____________________________________________________________________
Alienate  ____________________________________________________________________
Alleviate ____________________________________________________________________
Amend  ____________________________________________________________________
Anneal  ____________________________________________________________________
Anoint  ____________________________________________________________________
Appraise  ____________________________________________________________________
Assess  ____________________________________________________________________
Augment  ____________________________________________________________________
Bifurcate  ____________________________________________________________________
Blanket ____________________________________________________________________
Bleach ____________________________________________________________________
Bolster  ____________________________________________________________________
Boost  ____________________________________________________________________
Bottle  ____________________________________________________________________
Buoy ____________________________________________________________________
Campaign  ____________________________________________________________________
Cap  ____________________________________________________________________
Challenge  ____________________________________________________________________
Coin  ____________________________________________________________________
Credit  ____________________________________________________________________
Daub  ____________________________________________________________________
Delimit  ____________________________________________________________________
Denigrate  ____________________________________________________________________
Determine ____________________________________________________________________
Delve  ____________________________________________________________________
Depend  ____________________________________________________________________
Detail  ____________________________________________________________________
Devote  ____________________________________________________________________
Dovetail  ____________________________________________________________________
Effect  ____________________________________________________________________
Endear  ____________________________________________________________________
Enervate  ____________________________________________________________________
Engage  ____________________________________________________________________
Enthrall  ____________________________________________________________________
Equip  ____________________________________________________________________
Esteem ____________________________________________________________________
Evoke  ____________________________________________________________________
Ex- ume, tend, tenuate, port, press, tol, plain, etc. ___________________________________
Flag  ____________________________________________________________________
Flair ____________________________________________________________________
Fleece  ____________________________________________________________________
Forgo ____________________________________________________________________
Fray  ____________________________________________________________________
Fringe  ____________________________________________________________________
Front  ____________________________________________________________________
Garner ____________________________________________________________________
Garnish  ____________________________________________________________________
Gnarl  ____________________________________________________________________
Gratify  ____________________________________________________________________
Grieve  ____________________________________________________________________
Ground  ____________________________________________________________________
Grouse  ____________________________________________________________________
Heighten  ____________________________________________________________________
Illuminate  ____________________________________________________________________
Illustrate  ____________________________________________________________________
Impede  ____________________________________________________________________
Impel ____________________________________________________________________
Impinge ____________________________________________________________________
Imply  ____________________________________________________________________
Impugn  ____________________________________________________________________
Impose ____________________________________________________________________
Impoverish ____________________________________________________________________
Incur  ____________________________________________________________________
Infer  ____________________________________________________________________
Intrigue  ____________________________________________________________________
Inure  ____________________________________________________________________
Isolate  ____________________________________________________________________
Lark  ____________________________________________________________________
Leech ____________________________________________________________________
Level  ____________________________________________________________________
Lurch ____________________________________________________________________
Lurk  ____________________________________________________________________
Master  ____________________________________________________________________
Mellow ____________________________________________________________________
Minimize ____________________________________________________________________
Moderate  ____________________________________________________________________
Modulate ____________________________________________________________________
Monitor  ____________________________________________________________________
Moon  ____________________________________________________________________
Narrow  ____________________________________________________________________
Negotiate ____________________________________________________________________
Nestle  ____________________________________________________________________
Notch ____________________________________________________________________
Nullify  ____________________________________________________________________
Opine  ____________________________________________________________________
Oppress ____________________________________________________________________
Opt  ____________________________________________________________________
Orient  ____________________________________________________________________
Originate ____________________________________________________________________
Ossify  ____________________________________________________________________
Outline  ____________________________________________________________________
Pelt  ____________________________________________________________________
Pitch ____________________________________________________________________
Prime  ____________________________________________________________________
Prompt  ____________________________________________________________________
Propose  ____________________________________________________________________
Protract  ____________________________________________________________________
Range  ____________________________________________________________________
Ready  ____________________________________________________________________
Refine  ____________________________________________________________________
Refrain  ____________________________________________________________________
Relate  ____________________________________________________________________
Relent ____________________________________________________________________
Repress  ____________________________________________________________________
Reproach ____________________________________________________________________
Resonate  ____________________________________________________________________
Restrain  ____________________________________________________________________
Resign ____________________________________________________________________
Restrict  ____________________________________________________________________
Retain  ____________________________________________________________________
Revel  ____________________________________________________________________
Revive  ____________________________________________________________________
Roil  ____________________________________________________________________
Rouse  ____________________________________________________________________
Sample  ____________________________________________________________________
Secure  ____________________________________________________________________
Shield  ____________________________________________________________________
Shoulder  ____________________________________________________________________
Shun  ____________________________________________________________________
Shunt  ____________________________________________________________________
Signal  ____________________________________________________________________
Slacken ____________________________________________________________________
Smear  ____________________________________________________________________
Specify  ____________________________________________________________________
Splinter  ____________________________________________________________________
Stabilize  ____________________________________________________________________
Stem  ____________________________________________________________________
Straiten  ____________________________________________________________________
Style ____________________________________________________________________
Survey  ____________________________________________________________________
Suspend  ____________________________________________________________________
Sustain  ____________________________________________________________________
Tail  ____________________________________________________________________
Trace  ____________________________________________________________________
Trans- form, fer, duce, port, pond, etc ___________________________________________
Trek  ____________________________________________________________________
Troop  ____________________________________________________________________
Trumpet ____________________________________________________________________
Try  ____________________________________________________________________
Tweak  ____________________________________________________________________
Type  ____________________________________________________________________
Typify  ____________________________________________________________________
Underpin ____________________________________________________________________
Underscore ____________________________________________________________________
Urge  ____________________________________________________________________
Validate  ____________________________________________________________________
Vilify  ____________________________________________________________________
Warrant ____________________________________________________________________

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