Rosetta Stone's Essential Academic Vocabulary: Lesson 9

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  1. central
    serving as an essential component
    To art historians the study of styles is of central importance. History of Art, Volume 1
  2. criticize
    find fault with; point out real or perceived flaws
    They were ruining everything, crowding around, criticizing, predicting disaster. Son
  3. explanation
    a statement that makes something comprehensible
    A hypothesis is a tentative explanation, a proposed answer to the question that underlies your research. The Thing About Jellyfish
  4. organize
    cause to be structured according to some principle or idea
    Calder’s job was to organize the data the class collected into a giant chart. Chasing Vermeer
  5. paragraph
    one of several distinct subdivisions of a text
    Topic sentences are the sentences at the beginning of each paragraph that say what you’re going to write about. P.S. I Miss You
  6. phrase
    an expression consisting of one or more words
    I’ve read that phrase before but never knew what it meant. Ninth Ward
  7. refer
    use a name to designate
    History books often refer to “the New World” to talk about the lands now called North and South America. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States
  8. reinforce
    strengthen and support
    The book and the op-ed told a consistent story, and the attention paid to one reinforced the other. Washington Post (Aug 31, 2019)
  9. summary
    a brief statement that presents the main points
    “Write a summary of the passage, one hundred and fifty words.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy
  10. viewpoint
    a mental position from which things are considered
    I saw strange places and met people whose viewpoints were different from mine. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story
Created on Wed Aug 18 15:20:05 EDT 2021 (updated Fri Aug 20 15:44:11 EDT 2021)

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