ELA 6 Vocabulary Review

What does context mean?

• to create a picture in one's mind using written or spoken words
• the setting of a word or phrase that affects its meaning
• that which tends to prove or disprove something
• to indicate or suggest without being explicitly stated

What does infer mean?

• to understand or provide meaning; to translate
• to express in fuller form or greater detail
• to uphold a cause or to back up
• to conclude or judge from evidence

What is an element?

• something that is not in my kitchen
• a way of regarding situations and facts and judging their importance
• a basic part of any whole
• a general understanding or idea of something

What does describe mean?

• to create a picture in one's mind by using written or spoken words
• to create or devise a strategy
• to be an important factor in; to provide, furnish, or donate
• to find out or show who someone is or what someone is

What does valid mean?

• based on truth, fact, or logic
• capable of being done or carried out; possible
• to compare in order to show differences
• a standard or test by which to judge or decide

What does support mean?

• to judge or determine the significance, worth, or quality of
• to invent, think out, or form a plan using careful thought
• to uphold a cause or to back up
• to tell or declare in advance

What does predict mean?

• to make plain or clear; to make known in detail
• to create or produce
• to determine by reasoning; to deduce or infer
• to tell or declare in advance

What does compare mean?

• to obtain from a particular source
• to examine two or more things in order to note similarities and differences
• to express in fuller form or greater detail
• to understand or provide meaning; to translate

What does explain mean?

• to create or devise a strategy
• to find out or show who someone is or what something is
• to make plain or clear; to  make known in detail
• to understand or provide meaning; to translate

What does feasible mean?

• capable of being done or carried out; possible
• sounds like something chickens eat
• a general understanding or idea of something
• a way of regarding situations and facts and judging their importance