Words of the Week: Academic Vocabulary

the features that make people or things special or different from each other

• focus

• character

• result

• occur

a feature or type of behavior

• trait

• essential

• consequence

• occur

something or someone that gets the most attention

• character

• result

• focus

• reaction

necessary or very important

• consequence

• reaction

• essential

• present

something that happens because of something else

• similar

• essential

• occur

• result

to happen; to take place

• occur

• present

• similar

• difference

something that happens as a direct result of an action

• similar

• trait

• consequence

• essential

what someone says, feels, or does because of something that happens

• develop

• difference

• consequence

• reaction

to talk or write about something; to give or show something

• present

• develop

• reaction

• trait

to make something clearer or more complete; to plan a way to do something

• reaction

• develop

• consequence

• essential