Vocabulary Module 3-1

To examine something methodically in order to understand or explain what it is.

• drawing conclusions

• analyze

• connotation

• interpret

using information that is implied or inferred to make meaning out of what is not clearly stated.

• drawing conclusions

• compare and contrast

• soundness

• reasoning

facts or information supporting a belief or idea is true or valid

• relevance

• analyze

• compare and contrast

• evidence

to determine the value, worth, or condition of something by carefully studying it.

• interpret

• soundness

• evaluate

• analyze

an idea or feeling that a word gives in addition to its actual or main meaning.

• analyze

• connotation

• drawing conclusions

• interpret

to recognize what is similar and different about two or more things

• compare and contrast

• soundness

• evaluate

• analyze

thinking about something in a logical, sensible way.

• connotation

• relevance

• reasoning

• evidence

a level of importance to something or someone

• interpret

• draw conclusions

• evaluate

• relevance

the quality of being based on valid reason or good judgment.

• soundness

• analyze

• evidence

• reasoning

to explain the meaning of something

• compare and contrast

• analyze

• connotation

• interpret