AP Lang vocab 3 (verbs)

criticize unfairly; disparage.

• denigrate

• admonish

• confine

• lionize

warn or reprimand someone firmly

• admonish

• vilify

• enable

• manipulate

make (something) seem less important, significant, or complex than it really is

• trivialize

• exacerbate

• impair

• manifest

give a lot of public attention and approval to (someone); treat as a celebrity

• lionize

• denigrate

• theorize

• exploit

present and explain (a theory or idea) systematically and in detail

• expound

• qualify

• augment

• optimize

mention (a number of things) one by one

• enumerate

• expound

• quantify

• validate

speak or write about in an abusively disparaging manner

• vilify

• admonish

• manipulate

• deduce

make (something) greater by adding to it; increase

• augment

• lionize

• optimize

• reconstruct

keep or restrict someone or something within certain limits of (space, scope, quantity, or time)

• confine

• quantify

• denigrate

• induce

a detailed analysis and assessment of something, especially a literary, philosophical, or political theory

• critique

• justify

• undermine

• instigate