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Academic vocabulary 4 and roots

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analyzeto examine or think about something carefully in order to understand it
constituteto be part of or joining something that makes you part of it
establishto start a company, relationship, etc that is intended to exist for a long time
indicateto show that something exists or is true
occurto happen
rolea character played by an actor
con, com, cowith/together
credbelieve
scrib, scriptto write
spec, spectto see
audto hear
belliwar
benegood
durto last, hold out
temptime
vacempty
novnew, recent
jec, jectto throw
approachto move towards; almost; method
contractan official agreement between two or more people, stating what each will do; to become smaller or narrower; to get an illness
estimateto try to judge the value, size, speed, cost etc of something, without calculating it exactly
individuala person, considered separately from the rest of the group or society that they live in; belonging to or intended for one person rather than a group
sectionone of the parts that something (such as an object or place) is divided into
contextthe situation, events, or information that are related to something and that help you to understand it; the words that come just before and after a word or sentence and that help you understand its meaning
citeto mention something as an example
clarifyto make something clearer or easier to understand
compareto examine or judge two or more things in order to show how they are similar to or different from each other
composition1 the way in which something is made up of different parts, things, or members 2. a short piece of writing about a particular subject, that is done at school
contrast1. to compare two things, ideas, people etc. to show how different they are from each other 2. a difference between people, ideas, situations, things etc. that are being compared
defineto describe how something is/to give the meaning of a word
demonstrateto show or prove something/to protest or support something with a group of people/to show you have an ability or quality
expandto become larger in size or number/to add more details or information
inferto form an opinion based on information you already have
integratewhen things combine or work together to make something more effective/to end the practice of separating people of different races


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