Academic Vocabulary: U4W2

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to add details to something; explain more fully

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elaborate

Front

an opinion formed after carefully studying all of the information

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judgment

Front

make reference to; to quote (a passage, book, author, etc.)

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cite

Front

to steal and pass off (as the ideas or words of another) as one's own

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plagiarism

Front

said or written in a clear and direct way

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explicit

Front

to tell apart by seeing differences

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distinguishing

Front

to make clear, plain, or understandable

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explain

Front

a personal judgment that someone thinks is true, but that may be true or false

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opinion

Front

a restatement of a passage or text in somewhat different words so as to simplify or clarify.

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paraphrasing

Front

anything that can be used to prove something

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evidence