6Th Grade Academic Vocabulary

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Appeal

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V –to ask for something wanted

N - a request for something

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Appropriate

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Adj – especiallysuitable or fitting

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Associated

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V – to connect inthought

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Best Title

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Main Idea

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Cause

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N – the reasonsomething happens;

N - what someone fights for

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Claim

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V – to state something as a fact;

N - an assertion

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Compare

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V – to describe twothings as similar

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Comparison

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N – the act ofcomparing two things as similar

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Conclude

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V – to bring to anend;

V - to form an opinion

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Conclusion

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N – the finaldecision reached by reasoning

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Construct

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V – to form bycombining parts;

V - to make or create something

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Contrast

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V – to show noticeable differences

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Contribute

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V – to have part inbringing about something

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Convey

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V – to make known orcommunicate;

V - to state or transmit information

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Demonstrate

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V – to prove or makeclear by evidence;

V - to showor illustrate an action

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Describe

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V – to represent detailsof something using words

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Description

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N – an account ofsomething with words & details

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Details

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N – a small part orfeature of something;

N - examples that support an assertion

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Diagram

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N – a drawing, plan, or chart used to make something easier to understand

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Differ

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V – to be unlike ornot the same

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Difference

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N – the state ofbeing different

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Differently

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Adv – to do somethingin a different way

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Emphasize

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V – to place emphasison or to show importance

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Establish

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V – to bring intoexistence;

V - to create or start something new

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Evidence

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N - details that support a claim or assertion

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Excerpt

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N - a section or passage quoted from a text

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Explain

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V - to give a reason for something

V - to make something more understandable

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Express

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V - to show or explain ideas or feelings

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Highlight

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V - to mark text to show importance or create attention

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Identify

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V - to show or label the identity of something

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Illustrate

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V - to make clear by using examples

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Imagery

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N - images that are created by using words

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Include

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V - to make as part of a group

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Increase

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V - to make or become greater

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Infer

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V - to arrive at a conclusion

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Influence

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V - the act or power of producing an effect

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Insight

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N - the power or act of understanding a situation

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Intended

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Adj - the reason for something

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Interact

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V - to participate in a group;

V - to act upon each other in a group

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Most Likely

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Adj - most probable or logical outcome

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Opinion

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N - a belief based on experience

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Organization

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N - the way something is organized

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Organize

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V - to sort or put things into a specific order

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Portray

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V - to describe in words

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Predictable

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Adj - able to be foreseen in the future

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Present

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V - to show or provide information

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Primary

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Adj - the first and most important of something

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Purpose

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N - the reason for something

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Qualities

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N - basic characteristics that describe something

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Respond

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V - to say something in return or answer

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Result

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N - the effect of something

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Reveal

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V - to show or make known

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Show

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V - to display or make known

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Significance

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N - the importance of something

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Similar

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Adj - having qualities in common

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Structure

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N - how something is organized or built

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Suggest

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V - to put into a person's mind

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Summarize

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V - to tell the main points of something

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Summary

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N - a shortened version of something

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Support

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V - to backup or prove to be true