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A. abstracted, accomplished, achieved, acted, adapted, addressed, administered, advertised, advised,

advocated, affected, aided, allocated, analyzed, answered, anticipated, applied, appraised,

approached, approved, arranged, ascertained, assembled, assessed, assigned, assisted, attained,

augmented, authored, audited

B. bolstered, briefed, brought, budgeted, builtC. calculated, cared, catalogued, chaired, charged, checked, clarified, classified, coached,collaborated, collected, comforted, communicated, compared, completed, complied, composed,

computed, conceptualized, conciliated, conducted, constructed, consulted, contracted, contributed,

controlled, converted, cooperated, coordinated, correlated, counseled, created, critiqued, cultivated

D. debated, decided, defined, delegated, delivered, demonstrated, designed, detailed, detected,determined, developed, devised, diagnosed, directed, discovered, dispatched, dispensed, displayed,

dissected, distributed, documented, drafted

E. edited, educated, eliminated, empathized, enabled, enforced, enlarged, enlightened, enlisted,ensured, established, evaluated, examined, exceeded, excelled, exchanged, executed, expanded,

expedited, experimented, explained, explored, expressed, extracted

F. facilitated, familiarized, financed, followed, formulated, fostered, founded, fundraisedG. gained, gathered, generated, governed, guidedH. handled, headed, helped, hiredI. identified, illustrated, imagined, implemented, improved, improvised, inaugurated, increased,

indexed, indicated, influenced, informed, initiated, innovated, inspected, installed, instituted,

instructed, integrated, interpreted, interviewed, introduced, investigated, invented

J. judgedK.L. launched, learned, lectured, led, listened, located, loggedM.maintained, managed, manipulated, mapped, mastered, maximized, marketed, mediated,

mentored, merchandised, minimized, moderated, modified, monitored, motivated

N.

narrated, negotiatedO. observed, obtained, offered, ordered, organized, originated, overcame, oversawP. participated, perceived, perfected, performed, persuaded, planned, practiced, predicted, prepared,

presented, presided, prioritized, problem-solved, processed, produced, programmed, projected,

promoted, proposed, protected, provided, publicized, published, purchased

Q. queried, questionedR. rationalized, reasoned, recommended, recorded, received, reduced, recruited, rectified, re-

designed, referred, related, regulated, renewed, reported, represented, researched, responded,

resolved, restored, revamped, reviewed, revised

S. scanned, scheduled, screened, selected, served, shaped, skilled, sold, solicited, spoke, specialized,standardized, stimulated, strategize, strengthened, stressed, studied, substantiated, succeeded,

summarized, supervised, supported, surveyed, sustained, synthesized, systematizedT. tabulated, taught, team-built, theorized, tested, trained, translated, transmittedU. upgraded, utilizedV. validated, verified, visualizedW.won, wrote

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