240 PRECISE VERBS
Here is a list of precise, concrete verbs, all of which could potentially substitute for the vague verb "did." It might be worth printing a copy, keeping it in your note book, and consulting it whenever you write.
| accelerated | consulted | guided | participated | screened |
| achieved | contracted | handled/hired | performed | selected |
| accomplished | controlled | identified | persuaded | served |
| acted | cooperated | implemented | piloted | simplified |
| adapted | coordinated | improved | planned | sold |
| adjusted | counseled | improvised | predicted | solved |
| administered | created | increased | prescribed | spear-headed |
| advertised | decided | indexed | presented | spoke |
| advised | decreased | influenced | projected | stabilized |
| affected | defined | informed | problem-solved | staffed |
| analyzed | delegated | initiated | processed | standardized |
| anticipated | delivered | innovated | produced | started |
| approached | demonstrated | inspected | programmed | stimulated |
| approved | designed | inspired | promoted | streamlined |
| arranged | detailed | installed | proposed | strengthened |
| ascertained | detected | instituted | provided | structured |
| assembled | determined | instructed | publicized | succeeded |
| assessed | developed | integrated | published | summarized |
| assigned | devised | interpreted | purchased | superseded |
| assisted | diagnosed | interviewed | recommended | supervised |
| attained | directed | introduced | reconciled | surveyed |
| budgeted | dispensed | investigated | recorded | synergized |
| built | distributed | invented | recruited | synthesized |
| calculated | diverted | launched | rectified | systemized |
| catalogued | drafted | led | redesigned | taught |
| chaired | edited | maintained | reduced | team-built |
| charted | educated | managed | rehabilitated | terminated |
| clarified | eliminated | manipulated | related | trained |
| classified | enlarged | marketed | renewed | transacted |
| coached | established | mediated | reorganized | transcribed |
| collaborated | evaluated | merchandised | reported | transferred |
| compiled | examined | moderated | reinvented | transmitted |
| completed | exchanged | modified | researched | trimmed |
| composed | executed | monitored | resolved | uncovered |
| communicated | expanded | motivated | restored | unified |
| conceived | extracted | navigated | retrieved | upgraded |
| conceptualized | facilitated | negotiated | reviewed | utilized |
| conciliated | familiarized | obtained | revised | unraveled |
| conducted | formulated | operated | risked | widened |
| conserved | fund-raised | ordered | saved | won |
| consolidated | generated | organized | scanned | withdrew |
| constructed | governed | originated | scheduled | wrote |
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