Unit 2 Academic Vocabulary

When you _______________, you think of possible explanations for an idea or fact.

The heavy rain would support, or (a)   the tree through the next dry spell.

• sustain
• help
• enumerate
• pronounce
• theorize

Congress issued a _______________ in which the new rules were formally explained.

If you don't (a)   your words clearly, people may not be able to understand your ideas.

• pronounce
• declare
• theorize
• sustain
• enumerate

In my notebook, I ___________ the items that need to be purchased from the supermarket.