50 Verbs Every Adult Should Know

No.	Term	Definition
1.	Analyze	to examine something in detail in order to understand it better.
2.	Articulate	to express ideas or feelings clearly in speech or writing.
3.	Assess	to evaluate or estimate the nature, ability, or quality of something.
4.	Assume	to take for granted or accept something as true without proof.
5.	Collaborate	to work jointly with others toward a common goal.
6.	Communicate	to convey information or ideas effectively.
7.	Comply	to act in accordance with a rule, command, or request.
8.	Conceptualize	to form a concept or idea of something in the mind.
9.	Contemplate	to think about something deeply and at length.
10.	Delegate	to assign responsibility or authority to someone else.
11.	Derive	to obtain or receive something from a source or origin.
12.	Differentiate	to recognize or show the differences between things.
13.	Emphasize	to give special importance or prominence to something.
14.	Evaluate	to judge or determine the significance, worth, or quality of something.
15.	Facilitate	to make an action or process easier.
16.	Formulate	to create or devise methodically (a strategy or proposal).
17.	Generate	to produce or bring into existence.
18.	Hypothesize	to put forward a tentative explanation for further investigation.
19.	Identify	to recognize and name someone or something.
20.	Illustrate	to explain or clarify by giving examples or pictures.
21.	Implement	to put a plan or decision into effect.
22.	Innovate	to introduce new ideas, methods, or products.
23.	Integrate	to combine parts into a whole.
24.	Interpret	to explain the meaning of information or actions.
25.	Investigate	to carry out a systematic inquiry or study.
26.	Leverage	to use something to maximum advantage.
27.	Mediate	to intervene between parties to help them reach an agreement.
28.	Mitigate	to make less severe, serious, or painful.
29.	Negotiate	to discuss terms in order to reach an agreement.
30.	Orchestrate	to coordinate or arrange the elements of a situation to produce a desired effect.
31.	Oversee	to supervise or watch over a task or operation.
32.	Prioritize	to arrange or deal with in order of importance.
33.	Procure	to obtain something, especially with effort or care.
34.	Procrastinate	to delay or postpone action; put off doing something.
35.	Pursue	to follow or chase with the intent to catch or achieve.
36.	Quantify	to measure or express the quantity of something.
37.	Reconcile	to restore friendly relations or bring into agreement.
38.	Refine	to improve something by making small, precise changes.
39.	Reflect	to think deeply or carefully about something.
40.	Resolve	to find a solution to a problem or contentious matter.
41.	Strategize	to plan the best way to achieve a goal or overcome a challenge.
42.	Synthesize	to combine separate elements into a coherent whole.
43.	Transcend	to go beyond the limits of; rise above.
44.	Validate	to confirm the truth, accuracy, or legitimacy of something.
45.	Utilize	to make practical and effective use of something.
46.	Empathize	to understand and share the feelings of another.
47.	Navigate	to plan and direct the course of action through complex situations.
48.	Volunteer	to offer one’s services freely and without pay.
49.	Compromise	to make mutual concessions in order to reach agreement.
50.	Sustain	to maintain or prolong over time.