Academic Vocabulary #1 Practice

To Analyze means to:

• play up

• slow down

• make up

• breakdown

Answer explanation

Analyze means to examine carefully in a methodical way

Critique means to:

• rewrite the assignment-

• replacement

• appraise critically

• conjecture

Answer explanation

A serious examination and judgement of something

enumerate means to:

• number

• vindicate

• mandate

• voice

Answer explanation

determine the number or amount of something

Which of the following is an example of someone summarizing?

• a family visiting a wing of the new museum

• a teacher listing everything the class has learned thus far this semester

• A women opening all her windows to get fresh air

• a teacher briefly identifying the main points of the story

In which of the following examples does someone specify something?

• a college student taking a break

• a driver going fast around a curve

• a girl pointing to the type of candy she wants

• the student waiting for his friend to finish his lunch

Persuade means to:

• win approval or support for your position

• depart from the norm

• to insult someone

• Take back your previous statement

To justify means to:

• verbalize

• wander around a topic

• rationalize your own actions

• Take the other students side in the discussion

To interpret means to:

• you find a place to live outside of your confront zone

• ask the teacher to explain the topic again

• relax between tests

• make sense of something

To respond means to:

• answer the question

• arrive at a destinations

• contact the doctor with your problem

• to hold back your answer

To evaluate means to:

• instigate a search

• give a long detailed answer

• make a judgement based on your analyze

• write a comparison