When writing any paper, make sure to eliminate as many linking verbs as you can.
So, here is a list of over 500 verbs to use in your writing.
CREATIVE (HOBBIES)
- accelerate
- achieving
- acted
- adopting
- backpacking
- beading
- bouldering
- caching
- canoeing
- carving
- climbing
- collecting
- crafting
- created
- creating
- designed
- developed
- directed
- diving
- drawing
- established
- fashioned
- fishing
- founded
- gardening
- hunting
- illustrated
- instituted
- integrated
- introduced
- invented
- making
- memorized
- organic
- originated
- paintballing
- painting
- performed
- planned
- playing
- revitalized
- riding
- scrapbook
- shaped
- skateboarding
- sketched
- skiing
- snorkeling
- surfing
- walking
- watching
- weaving
RESEARCH/
TECHNICAL
- acknowledge
- acquired
- activated
- administered
- admit
- affirm
- analyzed
- anticipate
- applied
- apply
- argue
- assert
- assessed
- assume
- believe
- briefed
- calculated
- catalogued
- categorize
- categorized
- caution
- challenge
- channeled
- clarified
- clarify
- coded
- collected
- comment
- compare
- compared
- compiled
- computed
- concede
- conclude
- condone
- conducted
- confirm
- consider
- contend
- contrast
- contrasted
- declare
- define
- defined
- delivered
- demonstrate
- deny
- describe
- determine
- discuss
- dismiss
- dispute
- disregard
- document
- doubt
- drafted
- emphasize
- endorse
- establish
- evaluated
- examine
- examined
- experimented
- explain
- explore
- explored
- focus
- formulated
- grasp
- highlight
- hypothesize
- identify
- ignore
- implemented
- imply
- indicate
- infer
- inquired
- insist
- inspected
- installed
- interpret
- interpreted
- interviewed
- investigated
- list
- maintain
- mastered
- mention
- misinterpret
- monitored
- moot
- negate
- note
- object
- observe
- operated
- oppose
- postulate
- present
- presume
- processed
- programmed
- propose
- protected
- question
- recognize
- recommend
- reflect
- refute
- regard
- reject
- report
- reveal
- show
- speculate
- state
- stress
- study
- substantiate
- suggest
- use
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
- achieved
- clarified
- decided
- delegated
- effected
- enhanced
- exceeded
- excelled
- headed
- improved
- inspired
- instigated
- invented
- judged
- lectured
- led
- led
- maintained
- managed
- marketed
- measured
- mediated
- modeled
- motivated
- navigated
- noted
- observed
- originated
- participated
- persuaded
- pioneered
- presented
- presided
- prioritized
- provided
- recommended
- recorded
- researched
- revitalized
- screened
- succeeded
- tailored
ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS
- administered
- anticipated
- approved
- arranged
- assembled
- assigned
- cataloged
- catalogued
- categorized
- charted
- classified
- coded
- collected
- compiled
- completed
- conducted
- controlled
- coordinated
- corrected
- correlated
- corresponded
- determined
- directed
- dispatched
- distributed
- documented
- eliminated
- engineered
- evaluated
- executed
- expanded
- filed
- fixed
- generated
- implemented
- improved
- incorporated
- increased
- inspected
- logged
- maintained
- managed
- monitored
- obtained
- operated
- ordered
- organized
- outlined
- oversaw
- perceived
- planned
- prepared
- prioritized
- processed
- procured
- provided
- purchased
- recommended
- recorded
- registered
- reserved
- responded
- restored
- retrieved
- reviewed
- revised
- routed
- scheduled
- screened
- shaped
- solved
- specified
- standardized
- submitted
- succeeded
- supervised
- supplied
- systematized
- tabulated
- transformed
- updated
- validated
- verified
- visualized
COMMUNICATION SKILLS
- addressed
- arbitrated
- authored
- competed
- composed
- contacted
- conveyed
- corresponded
- demonstrated
- directed
- drafted
- edited
- encouraged
- enlisted
- exchanged
- explained
- infer
- influenced
- inform
- informed
- initiated
- insist
- instructed
- interpret
- interpreted
- introduce
- introduced
- investigate
- invoke
- lectured
- maintain
- mean
- measure
- mediated
- moderated
- motivated
- narrate
- negotiated
- note
- notified
- obtain
- organize
- participated
- persuaded
- point out
- postulate
- predict
- present
- presented
- promoted
- proofread
- propose
- prove
- provide
- publicized
- reiterate
- report
- represent
- represented
- resolved
- responded
- restrict
- reveal
- simplify
- specify
- speculate
- state
- suggest
- support
- supported
- wrote
- yield
ANALYTICAL SKILLS
- acknowledge
- advocates
- alludes
- argue
- articulates
- assert
- asserts
- assess
- assume
- attribute
- balances
- believe
- bolsters
- builds
- catalogs
- categorizes
- characterize
- characterizes
- clarifies
- classifies
- collates
- compare
- compares
- concludes
- confirms
- consider
- construct
- construe
- continues
- contrasts
- conveys
- correlates
- creates
- critiques
- debates
- decide
- deduce
- defends
- define
- delineate
- depict
- derive
- designate
- detail
- determine
- develops
- devise
- differentiates
- disagree
- discover
- distinguish
- elevates
- elicits
- emphasizes
- employ
- employs
- establishes
- estimate
- evaluate
- expands
- expresses
- extrapolate
- facilitates
- frames
- gathers
- generalize
- generates
- guide
- guides
- highlights
- hypothesize
- identifies
- illuminate
- illustrate
- illustrates
- implements
- implies
- imply
- indicate
- informs
- integrates
- moves
- perpetuates
- persuades
- portrays
- presents
- promotes
- propels
- proposes
- provoke
- raises
- recalls
- reduces
- reinforces
- relates
- represents
- responds
- reveals
- revitalizes
- shows
- states
- strengthens
- substantiates
- suggests
- supports
- underlines
- validates
- verifies
RESUMÉ
- administered
- advised
- aided
- alleviated
- appraised
- approximated
- assisted
- assured
- attained
- completed
- complied
- compounded
- conducted
- conserved
- consolidated
- converted
- counted
- debugged
- deciphered
- detect
- eclipsed
- elected
- employed
- empowered
- endorsed
- enlisted
- entered
- founded
- fulfilled
- grossed
- guaranteed
- guided
- handled
- hastened
- heightened
- hired
- influenced
- initiated
- input
- inspired
- managed
- maximized
- mentored
- mobilized
- motivated
- multiplied
- netted
- operated
- orchestrated
- performed
- polished
- processed
- produced
- profited
- promoted
- proofed
- prospected
- proved
- raised
- recognized
- rejuvenated
- revamped
- revitalized
- revived
- satisfied
- shipped
- sold
- spearheaded
- stimulated
- stocked
- strengthened
- supervised
- targeted
- theorized
- trained
- transacted
- transformed
- uncovered
- visualized
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