Academic Vocabulary

to identify differences

• differentiate
• evaluate
• compare
• support

to show a satisfactory reason for something

• justify
• suggest
• apply
• develop

to elaborate or expand in detail

• develop
• organize
• formulate
• justify

to write or create

• compose
• compare
• apply
• formulate

to examine how two or more things are similar

• portray
• differentiate
• compare
• contrast

to state or express indirectly

• suggest
• develop
• organize
• reconstruct

to create a plan using a system or method

• organize
• formulate
• synthesize
• compose

to examine how two or more things are different

• apply
• justify
• facilitate
• contrast

to give structure to; systemize

• portray
• support
• portray
• organize

to bring into action; use; employ

• reconstruct
• apply
• compose
• synthesize