Academic Vocabulary

To make something clear or easy to understand

• indicate

• express

• compare

• explain

to make or try to make people notice or be aware of (someone or something); to direct attention to

• demonstrate

• show

• highlight

• establish

to describe or show (someone or something) in a particular way.

• present

• convince

• mention

• convey

to cause (someone) to believe that something is true

• indicate

• convince

• demonstrate

• establish

to show or reveal something

• tell

• persuade

• relate

• exhibit

to tell someone the appearance, sound, smell, events, etc of (something or someone); to say what someone or something is like

• describe

• indicate

• establish

• mention

to talk about, write about, or refer to (something or someone) especially in a brief way

• persuade

• demonstrate

• mention

• express

to show

• indicate

• express

• convince

• tell

to give examples in order to make it easier to understand

• convince

• express

• illustrate

• describe

to say that something is similar to something else

• compare

• indicate

• establish

• support