Academic Vocabulary-1

To examine something in detail in order to understand it.

• Infer

• Analyze

• Indicate

• Illustrate

To make something clear by using description, relevant facts, or ideas.

• Interpret

• Summarize

• Explain

• Support

To explain the meaning of something; to present something in understandable terms

• Interpret

• Demonstrate

• Indicate

• Infer

To make something more clear or visible

• Compare/Contrast

• Describe

• Illustrate

• Analyze

To briefly share the main points of something.

• Indicate

• Summarize

• Analyze

• Explain

To point out; To show

• Indicate

• Summarize

• Illustrate

• Explain

To show; to explain something in clear terms

• Illustrate

• Interpret

• Demonstrate

• Explain

To figure something out by using evidence and reasoning; "reading between the lines"

• Infer

• Indicate

• Explain

• Interpret

means to note the similarities and/or dissimilarities between things. Mean to only note dissimilarities between things.

• Summarize

• Demonstrate

• Compare/Contrast

• Illustrate

To communicate an idea; to carry an idea or message across to the reader.

• Illustrate

• Interpret

• Convey

• Indicate