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Accelerated 
Accomplished 
Achieved 
Acquired 
Activated 
Adapted 
Addressed 
Administrated 
Advised 
Allocated 
Analyzed 
Anticipated 
Applied 
Appointed 
Appraised 
Approved 
Arranged 
Assessed 
Assisted 
Assigned 
Attained 
Audited 
Augmented 
Averted 
Avoided 
Broadened 
Built 
Calculated 
Centralized 
Clarified 
Collaborated 
Combined 
Completed 
Composed 
Conceived 
Concluded 
Condensed 
Conducted 
Consolidated 
Constructed 
Contributed 
Controlled 
Converted 
Corrected 
Created 
Cultivated 
 

Decentralized 
Decreased 
Defined 
Delegated 
Delivered 
Demonstrated 
Designed 
Determined 
Developed 
Devised 
Directed 
Discharged 
Discovered 
Documented 
Distributed 
Doubled 
Earned 
Edited 
Effected 
Eliminated 
Employed 
Enforced 
Engineered 
Established 
Estimated 
Evaluated 
Examined 
Exceeded 
Executed 
Exercised 
Expanded 
Expedited 
Extended 
Extracted 
Facilitated 
Financed 
Forecast 
Formed 
Formulated 
Found 
Founded 
Framed 
Fulfilled 
Generated 
Guided 
Handled 
 
 
 

Headed 
Helped 
Hired 
Identified 
Implemented 
Improved 
Improvised 
Influenced 
Initiated 
Inspected 
Installed 
Inspired 
Instigated 
Instituted 
Integrated 
Instructed 
Interpreted 
Interviewed 
Introduced 
Invented 
Invested 
Investigated 
Launched 
Lectured 
Led 
Lightened 
Liquidated 
Located 
Made 
Maintained 
Managed 
Marketed 
Mediated 
Minimized 
Mobilized 
Modernized 
Modified 
Monitored 
Motivated 
Negotiated 
Obtained 
Operated 
Ordered 
Organized 
Originated 
Overcame 
Oversaw 
 

Participated 
Performed 
Pinpointed 
Pioneered 
Planned 
Prepared 
Presented 
Processed 
Procured 
Produced 
Projected 
Programmed 
Promoted 
Proposed 
Provided 
Proved 
Published 
Purchased 
Realized 
Recommended 
Reconciled 
Recruited 
Redesigned 
Reduced 
Re established 
Regulated 
Reinforced 
Rejected 
Relate 
Re negotiated 
Reorganized 
Reported 
Represented 
Researched 
Reshaped 
Resolved 
Restored 
Revamped 
Reviewed 
Revised 
Revitalized 
Revived 
Saved 
Scheduled 
Secured 
Selected 
Set up 

Settled 
Shaped 
Showed 
Simplified 
Sold 
Solved 
Sorted 
Sponsored 
Staffed 
Standardized 
Stimulated 
Started 
Streamlined 
Strengthened 
Stretched 
Structured 
Studied 
Suggested 
Summarized 
Supervised 
Supported 
Surpassed 
Surveyed 
Sustained 
Tailored 
Taught 
Terminated 
Tested 
Tightened 
Traded 
Trained 
Transacted 
Transferred 
Transformed 
Translated 
Trimmed 
Tripled 
Uncovered 
Undertook 
Unified 
Used 
Utilized 
Verified 
Vitalized 
Widened 
Won 
Wrote 
 

 
*Compiled by Cooperative Education and Career Center, U of M – Flint