AP Lang - Strong Verbs (Analysis)

Implies

Strongly suggest the truth or existence

Denigrates

Criticize unfairly; disparage

Praises

Expresses warm approval or admiration of

Admonishes

Earn or reprimand someone firmly

Lists

A number of points or things written or printed out consecutively

Trivializes

Make something seem less important, significant, or complex than it really is

Lionizes

Give a lot of public attention and approval to someone

Supports

Give assistance to a certain topic

Expounds

Present and explain systematically and in detail

Warns

Inform in advance of an impeding or possible danger, problem, or other unpleasant situation

Flatters

Lavish insincere praise and compliments upon, especially to further one’s own interests

Diminishes

Make or become less

Enumerates

Mention a number of things one by one

Argues

An exchange of diverging or opposite views

Qualifies

be entitled for a benefit or privilege by fulfilling a necessary conditions

Analyzes

Detailed examination of the elements or structures of something

Contrasts

Defines

Processes

Questions

Emphasizes

Ridicules

Describes

Compares

Demonizes

Minimizes

Suggests

Vilifies

Established

Narrates