Verbs for Praise 🔒

Appreciation is more than a feeling. These five verbs describe the range of ways we celebrate, honor, and take pleasure in what we value.

This quiz covers extol, revere, venerate, vindicate, and revel, five verbs for admiration, respect, and delight. Precise use of these words adds weight and color to both written and spoken expression.

Worth noting: revere and venerate are close but distinct. To revere is to feel personal, deep admiration. To venerate carries more formal weight, often directed at something held in high esteem because of age, tradition, or institutional standing.