TPR set 1

This means to support or strengthen something:

• assert

• bolster

• concede

• advocate

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

This means to admit or acknowledge something, often reluctantly.

• dispute

• bolster

• refute

• concede

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

This means to publicly support or recommend a particular cause or policy.

• advocate

• concede

• dispute

• undermine

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

This means to have doubt or reservations about the vailidity of something.

• concede

• undermine

• skeptical

• advocate

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

This is the opposite of bolster. It means to weaken or harm something gradually or covertly.

• proponent

• advocate

• concede

• undermine

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

This means to argue about something, to disagree.

• concede

• dispute

• assert

• advocate

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

boslter is to ___(A) ____ as undermine is to ____(B) ___.

• A. strengthen

  B. weaken

• A. weaken

  B strengthen

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

ASSERT

• To weaken or harm something gradually or covertly.

• To prove that something is false or incorrect.

• To state a fact or belief confidently and forcefully

• To admit or acknowledge something, often reluctantly.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

A person who advocates for a cause is a _______

• skeptic

• proponent

The opposite of TO REPUDIATE is

• TO REJECT

• TO ACCEPT

• TO CONCEDE

• TO ERODE

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A