Academic Vocabulary Part 1

Produce

A beekeeper observes that his bees produce honey.

• to make something

• another word for fruit and vegetables

• to accept as true

• to examine something

assemble

Emma recently bought a flat-pack bookshelf from Ikea. She needs help to assemble it.

• to put together

• to gather with a group

• to show something

• the worth of something

speculate

A reporter asked the detective to speculate on the cause of the mysterious death in the city.

• to guess

• to look for gold

• to put something together

• to show the value

justify

Justify your decision to choose this particular restaurant for dinner by giving evidence for your claim.

• to prove right

• to put together

• to make another choice

• to guess the answer

analyze

Be sure to analyze the information before making a decison.

• to examine something

• to say yes to something

• to guess something

• to show the value of something

synthesize

Dr. Smith conducted three different experiments on plant growth. Please synthesize the results from these experiments.

• to combine the findings of all experiments

• the value of the experiments

• to create fake results

• to guess the results

approximate

A paleontologist found a dinosaur fossil. Can you give an approximate age of the fossil?

• close to exact

• to show value

• to guess the answer

• to make something