Iowa State University
College of Human Sciences and College of Agriculture College of Human Sciences College of Agriculture



Action Verbs

  • accepts
  • accomplishes
  • achieves
  • acquaints
  • acquires
  • acts
  • adapts
  • adheres
  • adjusts
  • administers
  • advances
  • advises
  • analyzes
  • applies
  • appraises
  • appropriates
  • approves
  • arranges
  • ascertains
  • assembles
  • asserts
  • assigns
  • assists
  • assumes
  • assures
  • attains
  • attends
  • authorizes
  • audits
     
  • builds
     
  • calculates
  • capitalizes
  • carries out
  • challenges
  • checks
  • circulates
  • classifies
  • clears
  • collaborates
  • collects
  • commands
  • communicates
  • compares
  • completes
  • complies
  • comprehends
  • computes
  • concentrates
  • concurs
  • conducts
  • confers
  • conforms
  • conjects
  • considers
  • consolidates
  • constructs
  • consults
  • contemplates
  • continues
  • contributes
  • controls
  • conveys
  • coordinates
  • corrects
  • correlates
  • creates
  • decides
  • dedicates
  • delegates
  • demonstrates
  • delivers
  • designs
  • determines
  • devises
  • develops
  • devotes
  • directs
  • discusses
  • displays
  • disposes
  • disseminates
  • distinguishes
  • distributes
  • drafts
  • effects
  • emphasizes
  • employs
  • encompasses
  • encourages
  • enforces
  • enhances
  • enlightens
  • ensures
  • establishes
  • evaluates
  • examines
  • executes
  • exercises
  • expedites
  • explores
  • expresses
     
  • faces
  • facilitates
  • finds
  • focuses
  • follows up
  • formulates
  • fosters
  • fulfills
  • furnishes
     
  • gains
  • generates
  • gives
  • grasps
     
  • handles
  • helps
  • hires
     
  • identifies
  • implements
  • improves
  • informs
  • initiates
  • inspects
  • installs
  • instructs
  • interacts
  • interprets
  • interviews
  • investigates
  • issues
     
  • maintains
  • makes
  • manages
  • meets
  • monitors
     
  • negotiates
  • notifies
     
  • obtains
  • operates
  • organizes
  • oversees
     
  • paces
  • participates
  • perceives
  • performs
  • places
  • plans
  • practices
  • prepares
  • prevents
  • proceeds
  • processes
  • produces
  • programs
  • projects
  • promotes
  • proposes
  • provides
  • pursues
     
  • receives
  • recognizes
  • recommends
  • records
  • regulates
  • reinforces
  • relates
  • releases
  • reports
  • represents
  • requires
  • researches
  • resolves
  • responds
  • reviews
  • revises
     
  • schedules
  • secures
  • seeks
  • selects
  • serves
  • sets up
  • shows
  • signs
  • solves
  • specifies
  • speaks
  • stimulates
  • studies
  • submits
  • summarizes
  • supervises
  • supplies
  • supports
     
  • takes
  • terminates
  • traces
  • trains
  • transcribes
  • treats
     
  • uses
  • utilizes
     
  • verifies
     
  • weighs
  • writes

 

Food Science and Human Nutrition