RI.5.8 Academic Vocabulary

a conclusion reached after considering the evidence

• inference

• assumption

• hypothesis

• theory

to provide details or examples to make something clearer

• clarify

• elaborate

• simplify

• summarize

to represent or give an account in words

• explain

• describe

• illustrate

• define

a statement that explains why something is true or false

• explanation

• justification

• rationale

• assertion

to support an idea or argument with facts or evidence

• support

• refute

• ignore

• speculate

the act of making something clear or easy to understand

• clarification

• obfuscation

• complication

• elucidation

a logical way of thinking about something

• reasoning

• guessing

• feeling

• assuming

the act of examining something carefully

• analysis

• synthesis

• evaluation

• observation

proof

• evidence

• assumption

• theory

• hypothesis

to explain the meaning of something

• interpret

• translate

• describe

• summarize