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51 Cards in this Set
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Access |
a way of being able to use or get something
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Adapt
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to make or become suitable |
to change so as to fit a new or specific use or situation
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Analyze
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to study or find out the nature and relationship of the parts of |
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Argument
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a reason for or against something
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Assess
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to find out or decide the importance, size, or value of
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Bias
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to give a prejudiced outlook to
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Cause and Effect
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noting a relationship between actions or events such that one or more are the result of the other or others
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Citation
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a quotation from or reference to a book, paper, or author, especially in a scholarly work
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Clarify
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to make or become easier to understand
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Combine
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to mix together so that the identity of each part is lost
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Compare
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to examine in order to discover likenesses or differences
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Conclude
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to form an opinion or decide by reasoning
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Context Clues
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hints that an author gives to help define a difficult or unusual word
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Contrast
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to show noticeable differences
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Conventions
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a set of generally accepted standards for written English
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Convert
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to change from one substance, form, use, or unit to another
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Create
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to make or produce (something)
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Credible sources
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ones the reader can trust. We trust that the author's ideas are his or her own and can be backed up with evidence.
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Decrease
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to make or become smaller
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Define
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to set forth the meaning of
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Difference
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the degree or amount by which things differ |
the number that is obtained by subtracting one number from another
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Distinguish
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to know or point out the difference |
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Estimate
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to judge the approximate value, size, or cost of on the basis of experience or observation rather than actual measurement
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Evaluate
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to determine or fix the value of
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Explain
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to give the reason for or cause of
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Express
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to make one's opinions, feelings, or abilities known
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Fact
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a piece of information about something presented as true and accurate
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Horizontal
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parallel to the horizon
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Identify
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to think of oneself as having the same problems and feelings as someone else
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Increase
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to make or become greater
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Infer
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to arrive at as a conclusion
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Infer-use context clues
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to arrive at as a conclusion
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Integrate
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to form or unite into a whole
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Interpret
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to explain the meaning of
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Justify
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to prove or show to be just, right, legal, or reasonable
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Opinion
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a belief based on experience and on seeing certain facts that falls short of positive knowledge
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Paraphrase
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to give the meaning in different words
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Perspective
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a way of looking at or thinking about something
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Plagiarize
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to steal and pass off (as the ideas or words of another) as one's own
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Predict
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foretell on the basis of observation, experience, or reasoning
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Process
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a natural continuing action or series of actions or changes
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Prompt
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cue that gives students the topic of the essay they will write
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Rate
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a quantity, amount, or degree of something measured in units of something else
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Revise
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to make a new, corrected, improved, or up-to-date version or arrangement of
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Simplify
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to make simple or simpler
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Solve
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to find a solution for
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Summarize
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to tell in or reduce to a summary
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Support
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to provide evidence for
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Term
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a mathematical expression (as 3x in x2 + 3x - y) connected to another by a plus or a minus sign
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Translate
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to explain in a clearer way
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Vertical
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going straight up or down from a level surface |
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