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Power Verbs for Managers and Executives: Hundreds of Verbs and Phrases to Communicate More Dynamically and Effectively
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Power Verbs for Managers and Executives: Hundreds of Verbs and Phrases to Communicate More Dynamically and Effectively

by Michael Lawrence Faulkner
June 2013
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
272 pages
5h 22m
English
Pearson
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4. Power Verbs for Managers and Executives

ABANDON

(1) abdicate; abjure; break off; cast aside; cede; cop out; desert; discard; drop; eliminate; forfeit; forgo; forsake; give over; give up; halt in progress; jettison; leave; not continue; quit; relinquish; renounce; surrender; throw over; yield; waive; walk out

(2) ease; lightheartedness; natural spontaneity; unrestraint; cast aside

(3) give in to emotion

Word Used in Sentence(s)

(1) We had to abandon plans to produce in China when the quality issues could not be resolved.

(1) “Once you start a working on something, don’t be afraid of failure and don’t abandon it. People who work sincerely are the happiest.

—Chanakya, Indian politician, strategist, and writer (350 BC–275 BC)

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