SAT Function words

bolster

• emphasize

• make fun of

• recreate an experience

• support

undermine

• explain

• encourage

• weaken

• promote

account for

• mock

• explain

• underscore

• minimize

underscore

• undermine

• substantiate

• emphasize

• downplay

Scoff at and satirize mean the same

• True

• False

Evoke and explicate mean the same

• True

• False

Downplay and understate mean the same

• True

• False

Jeer at and mock mean the same

• True

• False

Match the definition to the word:

Deny the importance or validity of an idea

• concede

• dismiss

• advocate

• evoke

Match the definition to the word:

recognize the merit of an opposing idea

• bolster

• discredit

• acknowledge

• concede