Academic Vocabulary Review

What does reveal mean?

• to hide from others

• to make known to others

• to destroy or get rid of

• to create something new

What does create mean?

• to change the meaning of

• to destroy or get rid of

• to explain using words

• to bring into existence

What does describe mean?

• to give an account in words of (something or something), including all characteristics, qualities, or events

• to change the meaning of something

• to write about the negative qualities surrounding a topic

• to explain why something is wrong

What does highlight mean?

• to destroy

• to erase

• to hide

• to pick out

What does emphasize mean?

• to reduce the importance of a topic

• to give importance to and call attention to; to make more clearly defined

• to give an account in words of (someone or something), including all characteristics, qualities, or events

• to change the meaning of entirely

What does suggests mean?

• to put forward for consideration

• to think about deeply

• to change the meaning of entirely

• to call out someone for being wrong

What does reinforce mean?

• to strengthen or support an idea, feeling, idea, or habit with additional reasoning/ evidence

• to increase the likelihood of getting an answer right

• to reduce the importance of an idea by proving it wrong

• to weaken an author's ideas by making a clearer argument

What does foreshadow mean?

• to find the central idea of

• to be in warning of or represent a future event

• to steal someone else's writing and claim it as your own

• to falsely predict the outcome of an event

What does reflect mean?

• to forget about what you just read

• to prove an author's argument wrong

• to write about the setting of the story

• to think deeply or carefully about a topic

What does admire mean?

• to hate a person, object, or quality and criticize them

• to think deeply about why one's actions were wrong in a given scenario

• to get into a fight with someone you initially loved

• to consider or think about a person, object, or quality with respect or approval