| A | B |
| acclaim | enthusiastic praise |
| compliment | express admiration |
| credit | to acknowledge what someone has done |
| confront | come face to face with something/ opposition |
| commend | to praise highly, formally |
| reproach | to express disappointment of disapproval |
| condemn | strongly disapprove |
| convict | to find someone guilty of a crime |
| harass | to torment or irritate constantly |
| promote | encourage; make something more popular |
| vouch | to support something with evidence |
| contradict | to say the opposite of something |