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Giving reasons for or against something

Express oneself readily, clearly, and effectively

State confidently

To demand an explanation, justification, etc.

Describe the character (personality, traits) of someone

Make understandable

Examine two or more things for similarities and differences

Reach an opinion after consideration

Verify, make firmer

Connotes (cuh-NOTE)

To suggest or mean along with or in addition to the explicit meaning

State the contrary/opposite of something

to communicate or express something, with or without using words

to describe something correctly and thoroughly, and to say what standards, limits, qualities etc it has that make it different from other things

to describe or draw something carefully so that people can understand it

to show or prove something clearly

to describe something or someone in writing or speech, or to show them in a painting, picture etc

to say what something or someone is like by giving details about them

to recognize and understand the difference between two or more things or people

to show that something is important

to use a particular object, method, skill etc in order to achieve something

to be the cause of a situation or feeling

to consider that one thing is the same as something else

to find out facts that will prove that something is true

to produce a strong feeling or memory in someone

to look at something carefully and thoroughly because you want to find out more about it

to be a very typical example of something

to discuss, examine, or think about something carefully and from many angles so as to understand it thoroughly

to make a problem or subject easy to notice so that people pay attention to it

to suggest a possible explanation that has not yet been proved to be true

to recognize and correctly name someone or something

to make something much clearer and easier to understand

to explain or make something clear by giving examples

to make something contain a strong emotion

to give information, knowledge, etc.

to suggest that something is true without saying it directly

to make something or someone part of a larger group

to show that something is likely to be true

to have an opinion that something is probably true because of information that you have learned

to teach someone a way of thinking or behaving over a long period of time

to put two different people/things side by side in order to emphasize their individual qualities/characteristics

to represent or be very similar to something else

to watch carefully; to see or notice something in particular

Organizes his/her ideas

to plan or arrange something

to describe main ideas but not details of something from beginning to end

to describe something in a particular way

to make someone believe something or feel sure about something

To tell someone something that s/he does not already realize or know

To describe something or show someone in a particular way, according to your opinion of him/her

To interrupt many times by something (He punctuates his work with insults & jokes.)

To remember something

To think carefully on something that has already been established or has already happened

To do something to make an opinion, statement, or feeling stronger

To express or present something in a particular way. (In her paintings she renders feelings by using specific colors.)

To be a sign or mark for something else

To make or show a connection between two or more ideas or subjects

To say something again in a different way

To show something that was previously hidden

To make it clear that something is true or exists by providing facts or information

To represent, mean, or be a sign of something

To guess why something happened or what will happen next without knowing all the facts

To give a piece of information or your opinion about something by saying or writing it clearly

To emphasize a statement, fact or idea

To carefully arrange something in a specific way

To make someone think that a particular thing is true

To end a discussion or speech by giving/repeating the main information about it in a short statement

To make a short statement that gives only the main information about an event, plan, report, etc.

To give evidence, etc. that proves something is true

A picture, person, object, etc. that represents a particular quality, idea, organization, etc.

To combine several ideas, styles, methods, substances, etc. in order to produce something

Tell about an event or process in chronological order.

The process of changing from one thing to another

To be something that is the reason, cause, etc. that is most important but not easy to discover

To emphasize something so it will be paid attention to

To use something effectively

To change, to use different methods, approaches, or strategies

To confirm that something is true

Your belief or opinion about something

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