STAAR Vocabulary Words

Significant  means 

• important

• to highlight or stress something

• to get rid of

• to plan something 

to communicate by statement, suggestion, gesture, or appearance

• synthesize

• emphasize

• convey

• infer

to form an opinion from evidence, to reach a conclusion based on facts

• infer/inference

• analyze/analysis

• synthesize

• theme

Something that is accepted as true without proof

• differ

• enable

• assumption

• claim

What vocabulary word means something that proves or disproves something; proof

• temerity

• dogmatic

• evidence

• extraneous

What is a synonym for "elated"?

• Sad

• Angry

• Ecstatic

• Confused

Some people are sure that the new health care law will mean better care for everyone. Others argue that the law will mean less care and longer waiting lines for those who need to see doctors. It's a controversy that will not go away soon. Based on the paragraph, the word controversy means ---.

• have strong disagreements over

• blow their noses into

• need to pay for a visit to a doctor

• eat with sweet candy

Based on the paragraph, the word controversy means ---.

• have strong disagreements over

• blow their noses into

• need to pay for a visit to a doctor

• eat with sweet candy

Define emphasize

• the process of making known one's thoughts or feelings

• to give special attention to something, to stress

• Find;point out

• to explain or make clear using examples, charts, or graphs

Define reveal

• to make known/show

• add to, enhance

• decide by reasoning/infer

• to arrange things according to a system