Index
Symbols
80/20 principle, 16
A
abandon, 27
abash, 28
abate, 28
abdicate, 28
abduce, 29
aberrate, 29
abet, 29
abjure, 33
abnegate, 33
abominate, 33
abort, 30
abridge, 30
abrogate, 31
absorb, 31
absquatulate, 34
abstain, 32
accede, 34
accelerate, 34
accentuate, 35
acclimate, 35
accomplish, 36
acquiesce, 37
acquire, 37
actuate, 38
adapt, 38
adduce, 39
adjust, 40
administer, 41
adopt, 40
adulterate, 41
adumbrate, 42
advance, 42
affect, 42
affiliative leadership style, 22
air out, 43
align, 44
allay, 44
Allen, Woody, 9
alleviate, 43
alliteration, 24
allocate, 45
allude, 45
alter, 46
amalgamate, 46
ameliorate, 46
amplify, 46
amygdala, 4
analyze, 47
Angelou, Maya, 1
Annie Hall (film), 9
anodyne, 48
anticipate, 48
antithesis, 24
appeal, 48
apportion, 49
appraise, 49
apprise, 49
approve, 49
arrange, 50
articulate, 50
ascertain, 50
assemble, 51
assess, 51
asseverate, 52
assimilate, 52
assist, 52
assuage, 53
attack, 26
attain, 53
attenuate, 53
attune, 53
augment, 54
augur, 54
authorize, 55
aver, 55
avow, 55
B
back down, 55
back out, 56
balance, 56
be argus-eyed, 56
beautiful words, list of, 12
belabor, 57
belie, 57
benchmark, 57
besmirch, 58
bestride something like a colossus, 59
bet the farm/ranch, 59
bifurcate, 59
blandish, 60
blaze, 60
blow hot / cold, 60
blow someone’s doors off, 61
blue sky, 61
boost, 61
bootstrap, 62
bowdlerize, 62
brainstorm, 62
breakthrough, 63
bridge, 63
broach, 63
build, 64
burble, 65
burgeon, 65
burn one’s boats, 65
burnish, 66
buttress, 66
buying, investing versus, 10
C
cachinnate, 66
cajole, 66
calibrate, 67
call the shot, 67
capitalize, 68
capitulate, 68
care, 69
careen, 69
Casablanca (film), 9
castigate, 69
catalog, 70
catapult, 70
catch fire, 71
catch the wave, 71
cavil, 71
chafe, 72
challenge, 72
challenge the process/status quo, 73
challenges, problems versus, 11
champion, 73
Chomsky, Noam, 14
choose, 74
Cicero, 1
circle the drain, 75
circumscribe, 75
circumvent, 75
cluster, 75
coach, 76
coaching leadership style, 22
coalesce, 76
coax, 77
collaborate, 77
combine, 78
command, 78
commanding leadership style, 23
communicate, 79
communication
language. See also body language; words
competence versus performance in, 14
history of human development, 5-6
inconsistency of English rules, 13-14
learning process for, 7
communication skills, success and, 15-17
competence in language, performance versus, 14
comprise, 80
concatenate, 80
conceive, 80
concentrate, 80
conform, 81
conjure, 86
connect, 81
connote, 83
conquer, 83
conserve, 82
consider, 82
consolidate, 84
constitute, 83
construct, 84
contemporize, 85
contend, 85
contradistinguish, 84
contravene, 86
control, 86
convey, 87
convoke, 87
cooperate, 88
coordinate, 89
corroborate, 88
counsel, 90
count, 90
counter, 90
countermand, 91
cozen, 91
create, 91
cross the rubicon, 92
crowd fund, 92
cultivate, 93
curtail, 93
D
daunt, 94
daydreaming, 10
deal with, 94
decide, 94
decompress, 95
deduce, 95
deem, 95
deescalate, 96
defenestrate, 96
defer, 96
defuse, 97
deign, 98
deke (out), 97
delegate, 98
deleverage, 100
deliberate, 98
delimit, 99
delineate, 99
demand, 100
democratic leadership style, 23
Demosthenes, 1
demystify, 100
denote, 101
deplete, 101
depreciate, 101
derail, 102
describe, 102
designate, 102
detect, 103
determine, 103
develop, 104
devise, 105
devolve, 104
diagnose, 105
differentiate, 106
direct, 106
disburse, 107
discern, 107
disclose, 108
discombobulate, 107
discomfit, 108
disparage, 108
disseminate, 109
dissipate, 109
dissuade, 110
distinguish, 110
dither, 111
divagate, 111
do a one-eighty, 111
do your homework, 111
document, 112
don’t fly too close to the sun, 112
double down, 112
down scope, 112
draw lines in the sand, 113
dream, 113
drink from the waters of lethe, 114
drive, 114
E
earmark, 115
earn one’s wings, 115
edify, 116
educate, 115
education in communication skills, lack of, 4-5
educe, 116
effect, 116
effectuate, 117
Ekman, Paul, 4
elicit, 117
emanate, 117
embark, 118
embed, 118
embody, 119
embrace, 120
empower, 120
emulate, 121
enable, 122
enable others, 122
encourage, 122
encroach, 123
energize, 124
enervate, 124
engage, 124
engender, 125
English language, inconsistency of rules, 13-14. See also language
enhance, 126
enlist, 126
enmesh, 127
ennoble, 127
ensure, 127
entail, 128
entreat, 129
envisage, 128
envision, 128
eschew, 129
espouse, 130
establish, 130
esteem, 130
evoke, 131
exceed, 131
excel, 132
excogitate, 132
exculpate, 133
exhort, 133
expatiate, 134
expedite, 135
experiment, 138
expiate, 134
explicate, 135
expostulate, 135
expunge, 136
expurgate, 136
extend, 138
extol, 136
extrapolate, 137
extricate, 137
F
facilitate, 139
fashion, 140
fight on death ground, 140
finesse, 140
first move, 141
flaunt, 141
flog, 142
flounder, 142
flout, 142
focus, 142
follow, 143
forbear, 143
forecast, 144
forego, 145
forge, 144
formulate, 145
forsake, 145
forswear, 146
foster, 146
fuel, 147
fulfill, 147
future perfect progressive tense, 19
future progressive tense, 18
G–H
G.I. Jane (film), 9
galvanize, 148
garner, 148
gel, 149
generate, 149
Gere, Richard, 9
get crosswise with someone, 149
get up to speed, 150
gild the lily, 150
gin up, 150
give authority and responsibility, 150
go down the line, 150
go on an odyssey, 151
Goleman, Daniel, 22
the goose hangs high, 224
grammar, inconsistency of English language, 13-14
grapple, 151
gravitate, 151
ground break, 151
guide, 152
harangue, 152
harness, 152
hector, 153
history of human development, 5-6
hypothecate, 153
hypothesize, 153
I
ignite, 154
imagine, 154
imbue, 155
impact, 155
impede, 156
implement, 156
imply, 157
improve, 157
impugn, 158
impute, 158
inaugurate, 159
incentivize, 160
incorporate, 159
increase, 160
inculcate, 160
inculpate, 161
indemnify, 161
induce, 162
infer, 162
influence, 162
infuse, 163
ingratiate, 163
initiate, 164
innovate, 164
insinuate, 165
insource, 165
inspire, 166
instigate, 167
institute, 167
integrate, 167
interject, 168
interlard, 168
intermesh, 168
interpolate, 168
interpose, 168
intersperse, 169
intervene, 169
intransitive verbs, 19
inundate, 169
inure, 169
invest, 170
investing, buying versus, 10
invigorate, 171
iterate, 171
J–K
jack it, 171
jettison, 172
jibe with, 172
jockey, 172
Johnson, Lyndon B., 9
join forces, 172
judge, 172
jump onboard, 173
jump through hoops, 173
justify, 174
juxtapose, 174
Keaton, Diane, 9
keep on keeping on, 174
Kelly, Kevin, 5
Kennedy, John F., 8
kick someone to the curb, 175
kick the tires, 175
kick-start, 174
kindle, 175
Kipling, Rudyard, 1
L
lament, 176
lampoon, 176
language. See also body language; words
competence versus performance in, 14
history of human development, 5-6
inconsistency of English rules, 13-14
learning process for, 7
verbal versus nonverbal cues, 8
laud, 176
launch, 176
Lavater, 15
lead, 177
leadership styles, 22
affiliative, 22
coaching, 22
commanding, 23
democratic, 23
visionary, 22
learn, 178
leverage, 178
lightning, 13
linguistics, goal of, 14
liquidate, 178
listen, 179
litigate, 179
loath, 180
Locke, John, 7
Luce, Clare Boothe, 8
M–N
macerate, 180
malinger, 180
manage, 180
management styles. See leadership styles
maneuver, 181
marshal, 181
maximize, 181
measure, 182
mediate, 183
meliorate, 183
metaphors, 24
militate, 183
mitigate, 183
mobilize, 183
model the way, 184
mollify, 185
monitor, 184
“Most Beautiful Words in the English Language,” 12
motivate, 184
mulct, 185
Murray, Alan, 22
natter, 185
navigate, 185
net down, 186
network, 186
networking skills, success and, 15-16
Noonan, Peggy, 8
nouns, converting to verbs, 12-13
O
obfuscate, 186
objurgate, 186
obsecrate, 187
obtrude, 187
obviate, 187
occlude, 187
open pandora’s box, 188
open the kimono, 188
opine, 188
oppugn, 188
optimize, 189
orchestrate, 189
order, 190
organize, 190
overcome, 191
overlook, 191
oversee, 191
Oxford English Dictionary, 16
P
pacify, 192
palliate, 192
parallelism, 24
Pareto’s law, 16
parlay, 192
parody, 193
parse, 193
partner, 193
pass the buck, 193
past perfect progressive tense, 19
past progressive tense, 18
patronize, 194
performance in language, competence versus, 14
Perky effect, 10
permeate, 194
perpetuate, 195
perseverate, 195
personify, 195
persuade, 195
peruse, 196
pervade, 196
pettifog, 197
physical effects of words, 8-11
pigeonhole, 197
pioneer, 197
pivot, 197
placate, 197
plan, 198
Plato, 7
Plutarch, 1
polarize, 198
posit, 199
power of verbs, 16
precipitate, 201
preclude, 199
predict, 200
preempt, 201
preponderate, 200
prepossess, 201
present, 200
present perfect progressive tense, 19
present progressive tense, 17
presentations, guidelines for, 21
preside, 201
Pretty Woman (film), 9
prevail, 201
Primal Leadership (Goleman), 22
problems, challenges versus, 11
produce, 201
profess, 203
progressive tenses of verbs, 17-19
project, 202
proliferate, 203
promulgate, 203
propitiate, 202
proscribe, 203
prototype, 203
purloin, 203
pursue, 203
Q–R
qualify, 204
quantify, 204
quash, 204
raise, 205
raise the bar, 205
range, 205
ratiocinate, 206
raze, 206
reassess, 206
rebuke, 206
rebut, 206
recant, 206
recognize, 207
recognize and support good ideas, 207
refurbish, 207
refute, 207
rein in, 207
reinforce, 208
reintegrate, 208
reiterate, 209
relate, 209
relegate, 209
relinquish, 209
remonstrate, 209
renounce, 209
repetition, 25
repine, 210
replenish, 210
repose, 210
reproach, 210
reprove, 210
repudiate, 210
require, 210
reshape, 211
reverberate, 211
revere, 211
risk, 212
Roberts, Julia, 9
roister, 212
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 8
rules of language, inconsistency of English, 13-14
ruminate, 212
Russell, Nan, 11
S
satiate, 213
scintillate, 213
screw the pooch, 213
scrutinize, 214
scurry, 213
search out, 214
select, 214
sequester, 215
serve, 215
set up, 215
shape, 216
share, 216
shoot the moon, 216
shore up, 216
similes, 25
Socrates, 7
solve, 216
sow dragon’s teeth, 217
spawn, 217
spearhead, 217
spoken language. See language
standardize, 217
start-up, 218
streamline, 218
strengthen, 218
strike the right note, 218
stultify, 219
styles of leadership. See leadership styles
stymie, 219
subjugate, 219
success
communication skills and, 15-17
superannuate, 220
supervise, 220
supplant, 220
supply the lack, 221
support, 221
sustain, 221
synchronize, 221
systematize/systemize, 221
T
tailor, 221
take risks, 222
take up the cudgel for, 222
target, 222
team build, 223
teaming, 223
temporize, 223
tender, 224
tergiversate, 224
the goose hangs high, 224
topline, 224
tout, 224
train, 224
training in communication skills, lack of, 4-5
transact, 225
transcend, 225
transform, 225
transition, 226
transitive sentences, 10
transitive verbs, 19
U–V
unbosom, 226
understand, 227
undertake, 227
underwrite, 228
unify, 228
unleash, 228
upgrade, 228
usurp, 228
vacillate, 229
validate, 229
venture out, 229
verbed, 12
verbs
intransitive, 19
power of, 16
transitive, 19
vex, 229
vie, 230
vilify, 231
vindicate, 231
visionary leadership style, 22
visual simulation, 10
vitalize, 231
vitiate, 231
vivid imagery, 25
Voltaire, 7
vouch safe, 232
voyage, 232
W
wade in, 232
walk the walk, 232
The Wall Street Journal Essential Guide to Management (Murray), 22
wane, 233
wangle, 233
weigh in, 233
What Technology Wants (Kelly), 5
wheedle, 233
where the shoe pinches, 234
whiteboard, 234
whittle, 235
wildcat, 234
window dress, 234
winnow, 234
with an eye to, 235
words. See also language
beautiful words, list of, 12
converting nouns to verbs, 12-13
Words that Work: It’s Not What You Say, It’s What People Hear (Luntz), 23
work on, 235
write, 235
write-out, 235
write-up, 235
X–Y–Z
yield, 235
yield the palm to, 236
zero in, 237
zero out, 237
Zwann, Rolf, 10