Academic Vocabulary #3

To provide reasons or evidence to support an idea

• validate

• justify

• explain

• argue

To explain the reasons behind a decision or action

• justify

• clarify

• elucidate

• validate

To look at two or more things to see how they are alike and different

• contrast

• analyze

• compare

• differentiate

To make a statement that something is true or false

• assertion

• claim

• hypothesis

• theory

To summarize or restate the main points of something

• recap

• summarize

• elaborate

• discuss

Fill in the blank: I need you to ___________ your drinks between plastic bottles and aluminum cans.

• organize

• classify

• separate

• categorize

To look closely at something to understand it better

• examine

• analyze

• ignore

• assess

To examine two or more objects to note similarities and differences

• contrast

• analyze

• compare

• evaluate

To bring something to an end

• terminate

• conclude

• initiate

• continue

To finish or complete something

• finalize

• initiate

• postpone

• discontinue