Vocabulary Practice Test

What does "elaborate" mean?

• To gather information together

• To add details to something; explain more fully

• To arrange by groups; classify

• To watch or check on

What does "analyze" mean?

• To separate into parts for close study; examine and explain

• To make changes because of a new purpose or situation

• To give a short version of something; key facts

• To speak or express in a clear way

What does "summarize" mean?

• To judge or assess; to find the solution of

• To give a short version of something; key facts

• To change something into something else

• To combine different ideas, facts or experiences

What does "evaluate" mean?

• To explain or make clear by using drawings or examples

• To judge or assess; to find the solution of

• To put into simpler terms, explain or interpret

• To come up with an answer by logic

What does "synthesize" mean?

• To combine different ideas, facts or experiences to develop a single idea, impression, or conclusion

• To put into simpler terms, explain or interpret

• To come up with an answer by logic

• To gather information together

What does "illustrate" mean?

• To explain or make clear by using drawings, pictures, examples or comparisons

• To watch or check on

• To arrange by groups; classify

• To change something into something else

What does "compile" mean?

• To gather information together

• To make use of; use

• To judge or assess; to find the solution of

• To say or note how something is similar to or different from something else

What does "categorize" mean?

• To make whole or complete by adding or bringing together parts

• To arrange by groups; classify

• To explain or make clear by using drawings or examples

• To change something into something else

What does "method" mean?

• A careful or organized plan that controls the way something is done

• To put into simpler terms, explain or interpret

• A limitation or restriction

• To change something into something else

What does "articulate" mean?

• To come up with an answer by logic

• To speak or express in a clear way

• To judge or assess; to find the solution of

• To gather information together