My word for 2012

INSPIRE

I figure if I try to inspire, I will be inspired. It's a win-win. I've posted this list of positive action verbs and I hope this inspires you to choose your own word for 2012.

List of action verbs starting with A

Abstract Accelerate Accommodate Accomplish Accumulate Achieve Acquire Act Activate Adapt

Add Address Adjust Administer Advertise Advise Advocate Aid Aide Align

Allocate Amend Analyze Answer Anticipate Apply Appoint Appraise Approve Arbitrate

Arrange Articulate Ascertain Assemble Assess Assign Assist Assume Attain Attend

Attract Audit Augment Author Authorize Automate Avert Award

List of action verbs starting with B

Balance Bargain Begin

Bolster Boost Bought

Brief Broaden Budget

Build Built

List of action verbs starting with C

Calculate Calibrate Canvass Capture Care Catalog Catalogue Categorize Cater Cause Centralize Chair Charge Chart

Check Check in Check out Clarify Classify Co-operate Coach Code Collaborate Collate Collect Combine Comfort Commence

Communicate Compare Compile Complete Compose Compute Conceive Conceptualize Conciliate Conclude Condense Conduct Confer Confirm

Connect Conserve Consider Consolidate Construct Consult Contact Contract Contribute Control Convert Convey Convince Cooperate

Coordinate Copy Correct Correlate Correspond Counsel Create Critique Cultivate Customize

List of action verbs starting with D

Dealt with Debate Debug Decide Decrease Dedicate Deduce Defend Defer

Define Delegate Deliver Demonstrate Depict Depreciated Derive Describe Design

Detail Detect Determine Develop Devise Devote Diagnose Diagram Differentiate

Direct Discharge Disclose Discover Discriminate Discuss Dispatch Display Dissect

Disseminate Distinguish Distribute Diversify Document Draft Draw Drew

List of action verbs starting with E

Earn Edit Educate Effect Elect Elicit Eliminate Emphasize

Employ Enable Encourage Enforce Engineer Enhance Enlarge Enlighten

Enlist Enrich Ensure Enter Entertain Enumerate Equip Establish

Estimate Evaluate Examine Exchange Execute Exercise Exhibit Expand

Expedite Experiment Explain Explore Express Extend Extract Extrapolate

List of action verbs starting with F

Fabricate Facilitate Familiarize Fashion

File Filter Finalize Fine-tune

Fix Focus Forecast Formulate

Fortify Forward Foster Found

Frame Fund Furnish Further

List of action verbs starting with G

Gather Gauge

Generate Govern

Grade Grant

Greet Guide

List of action verbs starting with H

Handle Head Help

Highlight Hire Host

List of action verbs starting with I

Identify Illustrate Impart Implement Import Improve Improvise

Incorporate Increase Index Individualize Influence Inform Initiate

Innovate Inspect Inspire Install Institute Instruct Insure

Integrate Interact Interface Interpret Intervene Interview Introduce

Invent Inventory Investigate Involve

List of action verbs starting with J

Join

Judge

Justify

List of action verbs starting with K

-

List of action verbs starting with L

Label Launch Lead

Learn Lecture License

Lighten Liquidate List

Listen Litigate Lobby

Localize Locate Log

List of action verbs starting with M

Maintain Manage Manufacture Map Market

Master Maximize Measure Mechanize Mediate

Mentor Merge Methodize Minimize Mobilize

Model Moderate Modernize Modify Monitor

Motivate

List of action verbs starting with N

Narrate Navigate

Negotiate Notify

Nurse Nurture

List of action verbs starting with O

Observe Obtain Officiate

Offset Operate Orchestrate

Order Organize Orient

Orientate Originate Outline

Overhaul Oversaw Oversee

List of action verbs starting with P

Package Participate Perceive Perfect Perform Persuade

Photograph Pilot Pioneer Plan Practice Predict

Prepare Present Preserve Preside Prevent Print

Prioritize Probe Process Produce Program Project

Promote Propose Provide Publicize Publish Purchase

List of action verbs starting with Q

Qualify

Quantify

Quote

List of action verbs starting with R

Raise Ran Rank Rate Read Reason Recall Recognize Recommend Reconcile

Record Recreate Recruit Rectify Reduce Refer Refine Register Regulate Rehabilitate

Reinforce Relate Related Release Remodel Render Renew Reorganize Repair Replace

Report Represent Research Reserve Resolve Respond Restore Restrict Retain Retrieve

Revamp Reveal Review Revise Revitalize Route

List of action verbs starting with S

Sample Save Scan Schedule Screen Script Scrutinize Search Secure Segment Select

Serve Service Set goals Set up Settle Shape Share Show Simplify Simulate Sketch

Sold Solicit Solve Sort Speak Strengthen Structure Study Submit Substantiate Substitute

Spearhead Specialize Specify Spoke Stage Standardize Start Stimulate Straighten Strategize Streamline

Suggest Summarize Supervise Supply Support Surpass Survey Sustain Symbolize Synthesize Systematize

List of action verbs starting with T

Tabulate Tail Target Taught Teach Tend

Terminate Test Theorize Time Tour Trace

Track Trade Train Transcribe Transfer Transform

Translate Transmit Transport Transpose Travel Treat

Triple Troubleshot Tutor

List of action verbs starting with U

Uncover Undertook

Unify Unveil

Update Upgrade

Upheld Use

Utilize

List of action verbs starting with V

Validate Value

Verify View

Visit Visualize

Vitalize Volunteer

List of action verbs starting with W

Weigh Widen

Win Withdraw

Witness Write

List of action verbs starting with X

Xerox

List of action verbs starting with Y

-

List of action verbs starting with Z

Zap Zero in

Zip Zoom in

Zoom out Zone off

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Positive Action Verbs

Texture and Inspire brush by Kim Klassen