Academic Words

Academic vocabulary: __________: on the outside

• intellectual

• explosive

• internal

• external

What is the meaning of "Paraphrase"?

• To express something in new words, usually in order to make the meaning clearer for the reader

• To examine something in detail in order to understand it

• To show or prove that something is correct; to defend an idea

• To note the similarities and/or dissimilarities between things

Every room in the five-star hotel was filled with ​ (a)   furnishings.

• lavish

• peripheral

• menagerie

• occult

• fledgling

To cast doubt on the truth or value of something

• justify

• alternative

• discredit

• assumption

What is to break down into constituent parts; to dissect; to dismantle?

• Deconstruct

• Delineate

• Compare

• Synthesize

an opinion or conclusion formed on the basis of incomplete information.

• variation

• conjecture

• analysis

• percentage

not qualified or diminished in any way; total.

• absolute

• analysis

• conjecture

• interval

detailed examination of the elements or structure of something.

• conjecture

• initial

• analysis

• percentage

Which word means 'to make something clearer or easier to understand'?

• A) Clarify

• B) Obfuscate

• C) Complicate

• D) Confuse

What is the academic term for 'a detailed examination of the elements or structure of something'?

• A) Analysis

• B) Synthesis

• C) Hypothesis

• D) Conjecture