Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Core Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Infer/Inference | you decide that it is true after gathering and considering information about it |
| Determine | you discover it or decide on it |
| Analyze | look closely at each of its parts and see if they fit together in a way that makes sense |
| Advantage | a favorible position or gain |
| Disadvantage | a unfavorible position |
| Reflect | you think about it |
| Elaborate | you tell more about it |
| Valid | reasonable, correct |
| Draw (Conclusions) | take or pull out |
| Transition | a passage from one state, stage, subject, or place to another |
| Contradict | to express the opposite |
| Refer | you mention it in a formal way |
| Support | you help others with it by providing reasons and evidence |
| Verify | make sure something is true |
| Eliminate | to get rid of, remove |
| Accurate | correct in all details |
| Paraphrase | you say it using different words |
| Identify | you say what it is |
| Significant | having meaning or influence |
| Concept | thought, notion, generic idea |
| Defend | you say why you think it is true |
| Benefit | something that promotes or enhances well-being; an advantage |
| Demonstrate | you show how you do it |
| Debate | to engage in argument by discussing opposing pionts |
| Clarify | explain it in a way that makes it easier to understand |
| Cite | you quote, paraphrase or refer to it |
| Evaluate | decide if it is good or bad or right or wrong |
| Manipulate | you control it or move it around for a specific porpose |
| Develop | if you develop something you work on it over a period of time during in witch it grows or changes |
| Justify | explain why it is reasonable or appropriate |
| Interact | your actions affect each other |
| Generalize | take what you know about one situation and apply it to other situations or things |
| Interpret | explain the meaning of something |
| Distinguish | you recognize it for a specific reason |
| Articulate | express it clearly |
| Generate | to bring into being, create |
| Synthesize | you combine it in a logical way |
| Elaborate | explain |
| Identify | find out, clarify |
| Support | strengthen with evidence or facts |
| Defend | state or assert |
| Justify | explain by giving reasons |
| Evidence | support your answer, give evidence |
| Central Idea | unifying element of the story |
| Analyze | consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning |
| Infer | conclude by reasoning; in logic |
| Cite | make a reference to |
| Argument | a conversation where two or more people disagree on something |
| Reasoning | thinking that is logical |
| Interpret | make sense of |
| Conclusion | a final settlement |
| Context | the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event |
Created by:
Gehlhausen_Liz
Popular English Vocabulary sets