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Education and Academics: Education and Academics, List 3

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  1. analyze
    consider in detail in order to discover essential features
    If I analyzed all those observations, all that data, that was the cold, hard truth. The Science of Breakable Things
  2. clarify
    make clear and comprehensible
    He had needed something that would explain Freud’s technical terminology, that would clarify the various shades of meaning the German words had—and he had found this dictionary of psychological terms. The Chosen
  3. communicate
    transmit information
    Both movies were rather plotless and I had a hard time communicating the gist of them. The Secret History
  4. comprehension
    an ability to understand the meaning of something
    In a fifth-grade “reading for comprehension” lesson, students read a short passage and then were prompted to mine facts and define vocabulary words. Drama High
  5. concentrate
    direct one's attention on something
    Everything is too much—the noise and the battle to concentrate make my brain hurt. Muffled
  6. conclusion
    a position or opinion reached after consideration
    I’ve presented the facts as clearly as I could, and I leave it to you, dear reader, to draw your own conclusions. Bunnicula
  7. confirm
    establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
    Galileo proceeded to confirm his new theory with a very simple experiment. The Invention of Science
  8. define
    explain the meaning of a word
    I told her that I was taught never to use the word you are defining in its definition and that she ought to think of a substitute word for letter if she is defining it. The View From Saturday
  9. demonstrate
    show the validity of something, as by example or explanation
    In an early unpublished text from the 1590s he sought to demonstrate that Archimedes’ principle, that a body floats when it displaces its own weight in water, is necessarily true. The Invention of Science
  10. distinguish
    mark as different
    We loved our country as much as they; we went courageously into every action; but also we distinguished the false from true, we had suddenly learned to see. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel
  11. explanation
    a statement that makes something comprehensible
    She tells me to choose one story and write an explanation of what I learned from reading it. Lucky Broken Girl
  12. express
    communicate beliefs or opinions
    Such were her thoughts, though she lacked the words to express them. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story
  13. illustrate
    make clear or understandable by giving an example
    Here is a famous story called The Monty Hall Problem which I have included in this book because it illustrates what I mean. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
  14. imply
    suggest as a logically necessary consequence
    If the stories were true, as Maire Solanya had seemed to imply, then there might be a way to see her mother again. Ash
  15. indicate
    give evidence of
    Point out passages in this essay that indicate that Carlyle was a man of deep emotion, of sympathy, of sincerity, of strong moral force. Teachers' Outlines for Studies in English
  16. organized
    formed into a structured or coherent whole
    He takes his research seriously, preparing for an interview by making an outline organized into what will be the introduction, the body and the conclusion of his article.
  17. recall
    summon knowledge from memory
    Seven dove deep into her memories, trying to recall something, anything, she’d read in one of her many botánica books that might help them now. Witchlings
  18. revision
    the act of rewriting something
    I explained how I would think of an idea, would make an outline of the story, and then type it up and do whatever revisions were necessary. Bad Boy
  19. significance
    the message that is intended or expressed
    Recipients both demonstrated financial need and wrote an application essay about the significance of their Thai heritage. Los Angeles Times
  20. suggest
    imply as a possibility
    The essay on optics described the workings of the eye and suggested ways to improve the telescope. The Scientists
Created on Thu Jul 27 14:05:17 EDT 2023 (updated Tue Sep 12 10:14:30 EDT 2023)

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