Academic Vocab Quiz

Accentuates

To make more noticeable

Adopts

Choose to use or follow

Advocates

To support or recommend

Alludes

Hint at; expects audience to infer, mention without discussing at length

Argues

Give reasons in support of an idea

Challenges

To dispute or object to an idea

Claims

To state an idea is true, usually with disputable evidence

Clarifies

To make more clear; free from ambiguity

Compares

To note the similarity of two things

Confronts

To deal with a difficult problem

Connotes

To imply or suggest beyond a literal meaning

Contrasts

To note the difference of two things

Denigrates

To criticize unfairly; disparage

Depicts

To describe a characteristic of

Develops

Growth or change into a more advanced state

Deviates

Departing from accepted standard

Disputes

Question the validity via argument

Disrupts

Interrupts an event or activity by causing a disturbance

Elicits

Evoke a response from someone in reaction to one’s own actions or questions

Enhances

Adds depth to another idea