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STAAR High Frequency
3 Year vocabulary study of released materials
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Accessible | easily obtained |
| Acknowledge | accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority |
| Address | address or apply oneself to something, direct one's efforts towards something, such as a question |
| Admiration | a feeling of delighted approval and liking |
| Advance | the act of moving forward (as toward a goal) |
| Advocate | speak, plead, or argue in favor of |
| Anticipation | something expected (as on the basis of a norm) |
| Argument | a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal |
| Assertion | the act of affirming or asserting or stating something |
| Assumption | the act of assuming or taking for granted |
| Awareness | having knowledge of |
| Campaign | several related operations aimed at achieving a particular goal (usually within geographical and temporal constraints) |
| Challenge | questioning a statement and demanding an explanation |
| Chaos | a state of extreme confusion and disorder |
| Claim | assert or affirm strongly; state to be true or existing |
| Commonplace | completely ordinary and unremarkable |
| Contribution | the part played by a person in bringing about a result |
| Convey | make known; pass on, of information |
| Crisis | a crucial stage or turning point in the course of something |
| Critic | anyone who expresses a reasoned judgment of something |
| Cultural | of or relating to the shared knowledge and values of a society |
| Demonstrate | provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes |
| Desire | something that is desired |
| Dread | be afraid or scared of; be frightened of |
| Elaborate | make more complex, intricate, or richer |
| Emphasize | to stress, single out as important |
| Encounter | come upon, as if by accident; meet with |
| Envious | showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages |
| Factor | be a contributing factor |
| Fortunate | having unexpected good fortune |
| Gratitude | a feeling of thankfulness and appreciation |
| Highlight | the most interesting or memorable part |
| Illustrate | clarify by giving an example of |
| Imply | express or state indirectly |
| Impression | a vague idea in which some confidence is placed |
| Incorporate | unite or merge with something already in existence |
| Influence | a cognitive factor that tends to have an effect on what you do |
| Influential | having or exercising influence or power |
| Intend | have in mind as a purpose |
| Intensity | high level or degree; the property of being intense |
| Intention | an act of intending; a volition that you intend to carry out |
| Intentional | done or made or performed with purpose and intent |
| Introduce | bring before the public for the first time, as of an actor, song, etc. |
| Language | (language) communication by word of mouth |
| Memoir | an account of the author's personal experiences |
| Mission | a special assignment that is given to a person or group |
| Mutual | common to or shared by two or more parties |
| Outcome | something that results |
| Premise | a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn |
| Provide | give something useful or necessary to |
| Reflect | reflect deeply on a subject |
| Refute | prove to be false or incorrect |
| Relate | be relevant to |
| Reluctant | not eager |
| Represent | be representative or typical for |
| Respond | show a response or a reaction to something |
| Reveal | make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret |
| Selection | a passage selected from a larger work |
| Selective | tending to select; characterized by careful choice |
| Shirk | avoid (one's assigned duties) |
| Solely | without any others being included or involved |
| Suggest | imply as a possibility |
| Suitable | meant or adapted for an occasion or use |
| Support | establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts |
| Sympathetic | showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity |
| Taunt | harass with persistent criticism or carping |
| Tense | in or of a state of physical or nervous tension |
| Tension | (psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense |
| Testimonial | something that serves as evidence |
| Timid | showing fear and lack of confidence |
| Transform | change or alter in form, appearance, or nature |
| Trigger | a device that activates or releases or causes something to happen |
| Uphold | keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last |
| Widespread | widely circulated or diffused |
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