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promise, propose to, purpose, shall, side with, surrender, swear,
undertake, vow, warn
Behabitives apologize, applaud, approve, bid farewell, blame, bless, commend,
commisarete, complain of, compliment, condole, condratulate, curse,
don’t mind, drink to, express my regrets/gratitude/ admiration/…,
felicitate, forgive, greet, overlook, protest, salute, sympathize, thank,
toast, welcome, wish (a happy birthday…)
Expositives 1. admit, affirm, announce, characterize, claim, class, declare, deny,
describe, disagree, guess, identify, insist, maintain, predict, state,
submit, suggest;
2. interpose, mention, note, observe, remark;
3. answer, appraise, inform, rejoin, remind, repeat, reply, respond, tell,
warn;
3a. Ask, inquire, query, wonder;
4. admit, confess, conjecture, report, swear, testify;
5. accept, agree that, concede, demur to, object to, protest, recognize,
retract, repudiate, take back, withdraw;
5a. Correct, revise;
6. argue, assume, conclude that, deduce, emphasize, neglect,
postulate, stipulate;
7. begin by, conclude by, digress, first (second, third,…), in conclusion,
turn to;
7a. analyze, define, distinguish, interpret;
7b. explain, formulate, illustrate;
7c. call, refer, regard as, understand.