7th gr: WEEK 31 Vocabulary, 2019-2020

to conclude or figure out by reasoning &/or context clues

• infer
• foreshadow
• hypothesis

to indicate early on, by giving signs or clues

• foreshadow
• hypothesis
• capture

a tentative, often scientific, insight into the natural world

• hypothesis
• capture
• characterize

to succeed in representing or expressing something intangible

• capture
• characterize
• item

to describe or portray the qualities or peculiarities of

• characterize
• summarize
• item

a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group

• item
• summarize
• analyze

to present the main points in a shortened, concise form

• summarize
• analyze
• optimistic

to break down into components or essential features

• analyze
• summarize
• pessimistic

expecting the best in the best of all possible worlds

• optimistic
• pessimistic
• ambivalence

expecting the worst possible outcome

• pessimistic
• ambivalence
• neutral