"What Matters?" Term 3 Vocabulary

To form a theory about something without firm evidence

• retort

• candid

• speculate

• verify

truthful or straightforward

OR

a natural looking photograph, often taken without the subjects knowledge

• candid

• retort

• rectify

• speculate

to put right; correct

• retort

• candid

• rectify

• verify

say something in answer to a remark or accusation, typically in a sharp, angry, or wittily incisive manner.

• retort

• candid

• verify

• speculate

to make sure or demonstrate that something is true

• retort

• verify

• speculate

• candid

Can you please ________ that your name is spelled correctly?

• candid

• speculate

• rectify

• verify

He did not want to _________ about what caused the accident.

• candid

• speculate

• rectify

• verify

She tried to ______ the situation by apologizing.

• candid

• rectify

• speculate

• retort

Her grumpy ______ made me sorry I had asked.

• retort

• candid

• rectify

• speculate

My husband prefers ______ photos instead of posed ones.

• candid

• rectify

• speculate

• verify