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Accepts (to receive with appreciation)
Affirms (to support or uphold the validity)
Appoints (to designate an individual to fill an office)
Approves (To officially or formally consent)
Asserts (to state or express positively)
Authorizes (to grant permission)
Calls for (to request the undertaking of a particular activity)
Calls upon (to request an undertaking by someone)
Commends (to express approval)
Condemns (to express strong disapproval)
Confirms (to make binding; to ratify)
Congratulates (to acknowledge an accomplishment)
Considers (to think carefully about)
Decides (to settle conclusively all contention or uncertainty)
Declares (to state emphatically or authoritatively)
Demands (to ask for urgently or peremptorily)
Deplores (to express strong disapproval)
Designates (to select and set aside for a specific purpose)
Determines (to reach a decision)
Draws the attention (to focus or attract)
Emphasizes (to give emphasis to or stress)
Encourages (to inspire with hope, courage, or confidence)
Endorses (to give approval or support)
Expresses (to set forth in words)
Invites (to ask for the presence or participation)
Looks forward to (to think of a future event with favorable
anticipation)
Notes (to observe carefully or notice)
Proclaims (to announce officially)
Reaffirms (to affirm or assert again)
Recommends (to give good advice or counsel)
Regrets (to feel disappointment)
Reiterates (to say once again)
Reminds (to cause to remember)
Requests (to express a desire)
Resolves (to make a final determination intended to conclude a
matter)
Stresses (to place emphasis)
Supports (to provide for or maintain)
Takes note (to observe carefully or notice)
Transmits (to send from one person, thing, or place to another)
Trusts (to have confidence in someone)
Unequivocally condemns (a clear and unambiguous expression of
disapproval)
Urges (to advocate earnestly the doing, consideration, or
approval)
Welcomes (to receive or accept gladly)
Common Verbal Modifiers:
"Further" and "also" are frequently used before
or after any of these verbs to provide additional
contexts. (For example: welcomes, further welcomes, welcomes
further, also welcomes, welcomes also, also welcomes further, further
welcomes also).
"with appreciation"
or "with concern" or "with regret" or
"with approval" are occasionally appended to various
participles, for example, Notes with appreciation or Recalls with
concern.
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