Vocab Test Prep

When people see red and green and pine trees, they usually __________ it with Christmas.

• associate

• intercept

• spontaneous

• intoxicate

Break something down into its parts and closely inspect each of the elements 

• Analyze 

• Justify 

• Locate

• Infer

Read between the lines; make an educated guess based on your prior knowledge and evidence

• Infer

• Analyze 

• Explain 

• Contrast 

Make a guess about what will happen 

• Predict 

• Demonstrate

• Describe

• Classify 

Draw conclusions or read between the lines to determine the meaning of something 

• Interpret 

• Justify 

• Support

• Persuade 

Change the form, function, or nature of something

• Transform

• Support

• Summarize

• Classify 

Improve the quality of something by extending or elaborting to give it more depth 

• Develop

• Support

• Interpret

• Transform

onym: anonymous, synonym

• name

• earth

• many

• one

syn: synonym, synchronize

• to write

• back, again

• apart, not, away

• with, together

anachronism

• out of place or time

• occurring at the same time

• relating to both time and temperature

• instrument for recording time intervals