Academic vocabulary 5-6

to make an educated guess based on evidence and your personal experience

• summarize
• elaborate
• infer
• describe

To give a good reason for something

• compare

• justify

• contrast

• elaborate

To make a smart guess about what is going to happen

• clarify

• predict

• solve

• necessary

to point out or show

• seek

• assume

• indicate

• approach

To make clear by citing examples

• provide

• note

• illustrate

• issue

to find meaning from information and clues

• approach

• interpret

• derive

• seek