1,048 Powerful Words to Describe Your Achievements

1,048 Powerful Words to Start your First Sentence of Your First Paragraph to Show Accomplishments in Your Work, Retirement, Studies, or Lifestyle
Copyright 2004 by Anne Hart

1. Abated
2. Abbreviated
3. Abided
4. Abjured
5. Abnegated
6. Abraded
7. Abridged
8. Abrogated
9. Abseiled
10. Absolved
11. Absorbed
12. Abstained
13. Abstracted
14. Abstracted
15. Abutted
16. Accelerated
17. Accelerated
18. Accented
19. Accepted
20. Acclaimed
21. Acclimatized
22. Accommodated
23. Accompanied
24. Accomplished
25. Accorded
26. Accounted
27. Accredited
28. Accrued
29. Accumulated
30. Accustomed
31. Achieved
32. Achieved
33. Acknowledged
34. Acquainted
35. Acquiesced
36. Acquired
37. Acquitted
38. Acted
39. Activated
40. Actualized
41. Actuated
42. Adapted
43. Added
44. Addressed
45. Adduced
46. Adhered
47. Adjoined
48. Adjourned
49. Adjudged
50. Adjudicated
51. Adjured
52. Adjusted
53. Ad-libbed
54. Administered
55. Admired
56. Admitted
57. Adopted
58. Adored
59. Adorned
60. Adumbrated
61. Advanced
62. Advertised
63. Advised
64. Advocated
65. Aerated
66. Affected
67. Affected
68. Affiliated
69. Affirmed
70. Affixed
71. Afforded
72. Agglutinated
73. Aggrandized
74. Agreed
75. Aided
76. Aligned
77. Allied
78. Allocated
79. Allocated
80. Allotted
81. Alternated
82. Amazed
83. Amended
84. Amplified
85. Amused
86. Analyzed
87. Anesthetized
88. Animated
89. Annotated
90. Announced
91. Answered
92. Anticipated
93. Antiqued
94. Appealed
95. Appeared
96. Appended
97. Appertained (to)
98. Applauded
99. Applied
100. Appliquéd
101. Appointed
102. Appraised
103. Apprised
104. Approached
105. Approved
106. Approximated
107. Arbitrated
108. Archived
109. Argued
110. Arose (from)
111. Arranged
112. Arrived
113. Articulated
114. Ascertained
115. Ascribed
116. Aspired
117. Assayed
118. Assembled
119. Asserted
120. Assessed
121. Assigned
122. Assimilated
123. Assisted
124. Associated
125. Assumed
126. Assured
127. Astonished
128. Astounded
129. Attached
130. Attained
131. Attempted
132. Attended
133. Attitudinized
134. Attributed
135. Attuned
136. Audio taped
137. Audiodidacted
138. Audited
139. Augmented
140. Authored
141. Authorized
142. Automated
143. Availed
144. Awarded
145. Backed
146. Banded
147. Banked
148. Bartered
149. Beaded
150. Became
151. Begot
152. Benchmarked
153. Benefited
154. Booked
155. Bought
156. Bought
157. Braided
158. Brailed
159. Branched
160. Branded
161. Brandished
162. Breaded
163. Bred
164. Broadcasted
165. Brought
166. Budgeted
167. Built
168. Built
169. Calculated
170. Calmed
171. Campaigned
172. Camped
173. Cantillated
174. Captivated
175. Carded
176. Cared
177. Carried
178. Carted
179. Carved
180. Catalogued
181. Catapulted
182. Centered
183. Chaired
184. Chaired
185. Changed
186. Channeled
187. Chanted
188. Characterized
189. Charged
190. Charted
191. Chartered
192. Cheered
193. Cherished
194. Chiseled
195. Chronicled
196. Cited
197. Civilized
198. Claimed
199. Clarified
200. Cleaned
201. Cleared
202. Clocked
203. Closed
204. Clued
205. Coached
206. Coded
207. Codified
208. Coifed
209. Collaborated
210. Collected
211. Colored
212. Comforted
213. Commanded
214. Commemorated
215. Commercialized
216. Commissioned
217. Communicated
218. Compared
219. Compensated
220. Competed
221. Compiled
222. Compiled
223. Completed
224. Completed
225. Complimented
226. Composed
227. Computed
228. Computerized
229. Conceived
230. Concentrated
231. Conceptualized
232. Conciliated
233. Concluded
234. Conducted
235. Conferenced
236. Configured
237. Congratulated
238. Congregated
239. Connected
240. Connoted
241. Conquered
242. Conserved
243. Considered
244. Constructed
245. Construed
246. Consulted
247. Consumed
248. Continued
249. Contracted
250. Contributed
251. Controlled
252. Converged
253. Conversed
254. Cooperated
255. Cooperated
256. Co-opted
257. Coordinated
258. Copyrighted
259. Copy wrote
260. Corded
261. Corrected
262. Correlated
263. Counseled
264. Counted
265. Countered
266. Courted
267. Created
268. Credited
269. Crewed
270. Critiqued
271. Crusaded
272. Cued
273. Cultured
274. Curtailed
275. Customized
276. Cut
277. Cycled
278. Dated
279. Davined (Cantillated ethnically)
280. Dealt
281. Debited
282. Debriefed
283. Debugged
284. Decentralized
285. Decided
286. Deciphered
287. Declaimed
288. Declared
289. Decoded
290. Decorated
291. Decreased
292. Dedicated
293. Deferred
294. Defined
295. Deflected
296. Deigned
297. Delegated
298. Deleted
299. Delighted
300. Delighted (in)
301. Delineated
302. Delivered
303. Demonstrated
304. Demurred
305. Demystified
306. Denominate
307. Denoted
308. Depicted
309. Deprogrammed
310. Deregulated
311. Derived
312. Described
313. Designed
314. Detailed
315. Detected
316. Determined
317. Detoured
318. Developed
319. Devised
320. Devolved
321. Devoted
322. Diagnosed
323. Dialogued
324. Diced
325. Dichotomized
326. Dictated
327. Differed
328. Digested
329. Digitized
330. Diluted
331. Dined
332. Directed
333. Disagreed
334. Disclosed
335. Discovered
336. Discussed
337. Dispatched
338. Dispersed
339. Displayed
340. Dissolved
341. Distributed
342. Dithered
343. Diversified
344. Divided
345. Divined
346. Divulged
347. Docked
348. Documented
349. Donated
350. Doused
351. Drafted
352. Drew
353. Drove
354. Earned
355. Edited
356. Editorialized
357. Educated
358. Effected
359. Effected
360. Effloresced
361. Eked out
362. Elaborated
363. Elasticized
364. Elbowed
365. Elected
366. Elegized
367. Elevated
368. Eliminated
369. Embroidered
370. Emended
371. Emote
372. Emphasized
373. Employed
374. Empowered
375. Encased
376. Encountered
377. Energized
378. Engaged
379. Engineered
380. Engraved
381. Enhanced
382. Enlarged
383. Enlightened
384. Enlisted
385. Enlivened
386. Enriched
387. Ensconced
388. Ensured
389. Entered
390. Entertained
391. Envisioned
392. Epigrammatized
393. Epitomized
394. Equalized
395. Erected
396. Eructed
397. Escorted
398. Established
399. Estimated
400. Etched
401. Etiolated
402. Eulogized
403. Euphemized
404. Evaluated
405. Evanesced
406. Evangelized
407. Evidenced
408. Evoked
409. Exacerbated
410. Exacted
411. Exalted
412. Examined
413. Excavated
414. Excelled
415. Exchanged
416. Exclaimed
417. Excoriated
418. Exculpated
419. Executed
420. Executed
421. Exemplified
422. Exercised
423. Exfoliated
424. Exhibited
425. Exhorted
426. Exonerated
427. Exorcized
428. Expanded
429. Expatiated
430. Expedited
431. Experienced
432. Explained
433. Explored
434. Exported
435. Exposed
436. Expressed
437. Extended
438. Extolled
439. Extrapolated
440. Extraverted
441. Facilitated
442. Farmed
443. Fascinated
444. Fastened
445. Faxed
446. Fed
447. Federalized
448. Felicitated
449. Ferreted
450. Fertilized
451. Fetched
452. Fictionalized
453. Filed
454. Filled
455. Filmed
456. Financed
457. Fired
458. Fitted
459. Fixed
460. Flattered
461. Flaunted
462. Flew
463. Flourished
464. Flowcharted
465. Fluctuated
466. Flummoxed
467. Followed
468. Forecasted
469. Formalized
470. Formatted
471. Formed
472. Formulated
473. Fortified
474. Forwarded
475. Found
476. Founded
477. Franchised
478. Fraternized
479. Freed
480. Froze
481. Fulfilled
482. Functioned
483. Functioned As
484. Furnished
485. Gained
486. Garnished
487. Gathered
488. Gave
489. Genealogized
490. Generated
491. Geneticized
492. Genuflected
493. Gesticulated
494. Gestured
495. Girded
496. Glorified
497. Gnosticized
498. Governed
499. Graded
500. Grafted
501. Granted
502. Graphed
503. Gratified
504. Greeted
505. Grew
506. Guaranteed
507. Guarded
508. Guided
509. Hafted
510. Hailed
511. Halted
512. Handled
513. Harbored
514. Harmonized
515. Harvested
516. Hastened
517. Head
518. Headed
519. Healed
520. Heaped
521. Heard
522. Heated
523. Helped
524. Hewed
525. Hired
526. Honored
527. Hoped
528. Hosted
529. Hugged
530. Humanized
531. Humored
532. Hustled
533. Hypnotized
534. Hypothesized
535. Identified
536. Ignited
537. Illustrated
538. Imagined
539. Immigrated
540. Implanted
541. Implemented
542. Implied
543. Imported
544. Imposed
545. Impressed
546. Improved
547. Incited
548. Included
549. Incorporated
550. Increased
551. Indexed
552. Indicated
553. Indicted
554. Indulged
555. Industrialized
556. Influenced
557. Informed
558. Initialized
559. Initiated
560. Inked
561. Inquired
562. Inspected
563. Inspired
564. Installed
565. Instituted
566. Instructed
567. Insured
568. Integrated
569. Interested
570. Interfaced
571. Internalized
572. Internationalized
573. Interpreted
574. Interviewed
575. Introduced
576. Intuited
577. Invented
578. Inventoried
579. Inverted
580. Invested
581. Investigated
582. Invigorated
583. Involved
584. Issued
585. Joined
586. Journalized
587. Journeyed
588. Judged
589. Juried
590. Justified
591. Juxtaposed
592. Keyboarded
593. Lamented
594. Laminated
595. Landed (in)
596. Landscaped
597. Launched
598. Leased
599. Lectured
600. Led
601. Left
602. Legalized
603. Legislated
604. Legitimized
605. Lessened
606. Lighted
607. Linked
608. Listened
609. Litigated
610. Loaded
611. Loaned
612. Lobbied
613. Localized
614. Looked
615. Lyricized
616. Magnetized
617. Mailed
618. Maintained
619. Managed
620. Manipulated
621. Manufactured
622. Marked
623. Marketed
624. Mastered
625. Measured
626. Mediated
627. Memorized
628. Mentored
629. Merchandised
630. Merged
631. Met
632. Microfiched
633. Micrographed
634. Migrated
635. Ministered
636. Modeled
637. Moderated
638. Modified
639. Molded
640. Monitored
641. Morphed
642. Mortgaged
643. Motivated
644. Moved
645. Multiplied
646. Multitasked
647. Narrated
648. Narrated
649. Navigated
650. Negotiated
651. Networked
652. Networked
653. Neutered
654. Neutralized
655. Normalized
656. Normed
657. Notaried
658. Notarized
659. Notated
660. Noted
661. Notified
662. Nourished
663. Nursed
664. Obtained
665. Officiated
666. Opened
667. Operated
668. Opined
669. Orated
670. Orchestrated
671. Ordered
672. Organized
673. Oriented
674. Originated
675. Outlaid
676. Outlined
677. Outnumbered
678. Outpaced
679. Outperformed
680. Outplayed
681. Outran
682. Outranked
683. Outshone
684. Outvoted
685. Outwitted
686. Overawed
687. Overcame
688. Overdid
689. Overheard
690. Oversaw
691. Overstepped
692. Overstretched
693. Overwhelmed
694. Overworked
695. Overwrote
696. Owed
697. Owned
698. Oxidized
699. Oxygenated
700. Paced
701. Packaged
702. Packed
703. Parented
704. Participated
705. Partnered (with)
706. Patented
707. Patterned
708. Perceived
709. Perfected
710. Performed
711. Persevered
712. Persisted
713. Personalized
714. Persuaded
715. Perused
716. Petitioned
717. Photocopied
718. Photographed
719. Piloted
720. Pinpointed
721. Pinpointed
722. Pitched
723. Placed
724. Planned
725. Planted
726. Played
727. Plotted
728. Pooled
729. Posed
730. Positioned
731. Posted
732. Practiced
733. Praised
734. Prayed
735. Predicted
736. Preempted
737. Prefaced
738. Preferred
739. Prepared
740. Presented
741. Presided
742. Pressed
743. Prevented
744. Probed
745. Proceeded (to)
746. Processed
747. Procreated
748. Procured
749. Produced
750. Professionalized
751. Programmed
752. Projected
753. Promoted
754. Promulgated
755. Proofread
756. Proposed
757. Proscribed
758. Prospered
759. Protected
760. Protested
761. Protracted
762. Proved
763. Provided
764. Publicized
765. Published
766. Published
767. Purchased
768. Pursued
769. Qualified
770. Quantified
771. Questioned
772. Queued
773. Quickened
774. Quilted
775. Raised
776. Ran
777. Ranged
778. Rated
779. Razed
780. Reached
781. Realized
782. Reaped
783. Reared
784. Rearranged
785. Reasoned
786. Recalled
787. Received
788. Recited
789. Recited
790. Reclaimed
791. Recognized
792. Recommended
793. Reconciled
794. Reconstructed
795. Recorded
796. Recouped
797. Recovered
798. Recreated
799. Recreated
800. Recruited
801. Rectified
802. Recycled
803. Redecorated
804. Redesigned
805. Re-Designed
806. Redistricted
807. Reduced
808. Reduced
809. Reenacted
810. Reentered
811. Re-Entered
812. Referenced
813. Refreshed
814. Registered
815. Regulated
816. Rehearsed
817. Rehired
818. Reimbursed
819. Reinforced
820. Rejoiced
821. Related
822. Released
823. Relinquished
824. Relocated
825. Remedied
826. Remembered
827. Reminisced
828. Remodeled
829. Renewed
830. Rented
831. Reoriented
832. Repaired
833. Replaced
834. Replenished
835. Replied
836. Reported
837. Reposed
838. Represented
839. Requested
840. Required
841. Requisitioned
842. Researched
843. Resequenced
844. Reshaped
845. Resized
846. Resolved
847. Resourced
848. Responded to
849. Responsible
850. Restored
851. Resulted
852. Resumed
853. Retailed
854. Retained
855. Retired
856. Retooled
857. Retorted
858. Retrained
859. Retrieved
860. Returned
861. Reunited
862. Revamped
863. Revealed
864. Reveled
865. Reviewed
866. Revised
867. Revived
868. Rewired
869. Roboticized
870. Robotized
871. Rolled
872. Rose
873. Rotated
874. Routed
875. Rushed
876. Sailed
877. Sampled
878. Sanitized
879. Saved
880. Sawed
881. Scanned
882. Scheduled
883. Scored
884. Screened
885. Scrimped
886. Sculptured
887. Secured
888. Selected
889. Selected
890. Sensed
891. Sequenced
892. Serialized
893. Served
894. Set objectives
895. Set up
896. Sewed
897. Shaped
898. Shared
899. Showed
900. Shredded
901. Signified
902. Simplified
903. Sized
904. Skilled
905. Socialized
906. Sold
907. Solicited
908. Solidified
909. Solved
910. Solved
911. Sorted
912. Sought
913. Spared
914. Sparked
915. Spayed
916. Specified
917. Speculated
918. Spiced
919. Spirited
920. Spoke
921. Sponsored
922. Spread
923. Stabilized
924. Staffed
925. Standardized
926. Starred
927. Stated
928. Stepped
929. Sterilized
930. Stimulated
931. Stored
932. Straightened
933. Streamlined
934. Strengthened
935. Stretched
936. Strolled
937. Strove
938. Structured
939. Styled
940. Styled
941. Subcontracted
942. Submitted
943. Succeeded
944. Summarized
945. Supervised
946. Supplied
947. Supported
948. Surfed
949. Surmised
950. Surveyed
951. Survived
952. Syndicated
953. Synthesized
954. Systematized
955. Tabulated
956. Tamped
957. Taught
958. Taxed
959. Teamed (up)
960. Telecommuted
961. Telemarketed
962. Telephoned
963. Televised
964. Terminated
965. Tested
966. Thwarted
967. Told
968. Tolled
969. Toughened
970. Toured
971. Traced
972. Tracked
973. Traded
974. Trained
975. Transacted
976. Transcribed
977. Transferred
978. Translated
979. Transmitted
980. Transported
981. Traveled
982. Treated
983. Trekked
984. Triumphed
985. Troubleshooted
986. Troubleshot
987. Trucked
988. Truncated
989. Trusted
990. Turned
991. Typed
992. Typeset
993. Ululated
994. Underscored
995. Understood
996. Undertook
997. Unified
998. United
999. Updated
1000. Upgraded
1001. Uplifted
1002. Used
1003. Utilized
1004. Validated
1005. Valued
1006. Varied
1007. Vaunted
1008. Venerated
1009. Ventured
1010. Verbalized
1011. Verified
1012. Videographed
1013. Videotaped
1014. Viewed
1015. Vindicated
1016. Visualized
1017. Vitalized
1018. Vocalized
1019. Voiced
1020. Volunteered
1021. Voted
1022. Vulcanized
1023. Waited
1024. Waived
1025. Watched
1026. Waved
1027. Weaned
1028. Weighed
1029. Weighted
1030. Welded
1031. Wholesaled
1032. Willed
1033. Wintered
1034. Withdrew
1035. Won
1036. Word processed
1037. Worked
1038. Wrote
1039. Wrought
1040. Xerographed
1041. X-Rayed
1042. Yearned
1043. Yielded
1044. Zapped
1045. Zeroed (in)
1046. Zipped
1047. Zoned
1048. Zoomed