RAV Words

accentuate

make more noticeable or prominent.

accept

Come to recognize something as valid

achieves

to accomplish

add

to join (something) to increase

adopt

to accept and put into effect

affect

to cause a change in something

affirm

validate or confirm

allow

give (someone) permission to do something.

allude

To make an indirect reference to

amplifiy

to make larger

analyze

to examine critically

approach

to draw closer

argue

to give reason for or against something

assess

calculate or estimate the price or value of

assume

To suppose to be true, to take for granted

assert

state a fact or belief confidently

attack

to set upon or work against forcefully

attempt

to make an effort

attribute

associated with someone

augment

(v.) to make larger, increase

avoid

to keep away from

base

to make form or serve as a base for,

bolster

to provide support or reinforcement

bombard

TO ATTACK, USUALLY WITH CANNONS

believe

to accept something as true

challenge

to dispute especially as being unjust

championed

supported, defended to protect or fight

change

to make different, to make a shift from one to another

characterize

to describe a quality of, distinguish, remember, think of

chooses

to select freely, to have a preference for

claim

state or assert that something is the case, typically without providing evidence or proof.

clarify

to make clear or easier to understand

comment

A series of notes clarifying or explaining something; an expression of opinion. syn; allow, editioialize, observe, reflect

compare

Give an account of the similarities between two (or more) items or situations, referring to both (all) of them throughout. syn; equate, analogize, liken

complete

to make whole or perfect, to bring to an end, to carry out

concern

to relate to, to have influence on,

conclude

(v.) to finish; to bring something to an end; to decide after careful thought syn; complete, close out, finish, terminate

condescend

(v.) to come down or stoop voluntarily to a lower level; to deal with people in a patronizing manner

conduct

to bring, or as if by leading, to lead by position of command

conform

to give same shape, bring into harmony, to be similar or identical

confront

To face or oppose boldly

consider

to think in a particular way, to give serious thought to

syn; ponder, contemplate, deliberate, mull,perpend, cogitate

construct

to creat or think of by clever use of imagination, form by putting together parts or material syn; assemble, build, erect, fabricate, make

contests

to demand proof of the truth

syn; dispute, challenge, query

contradict

to make assertion that is contrary to one made by another, to declare not to be true, syn; disagree, gainsay, deny,repudiate, refute

contribute

to make a donation as part of group effort, to give or supply in common with others

syn; chip in

convey

(v.) to transport; to transmit; to communicate, make known; to transfer ownership or title to, to take or carry from one place to another syn; conduct, impart, give, transfer, transmit

convince

to persuade or to overcome by argument

syn; convert, argue, gain, induce ,win

create

to bring into existence, to produce

syn; catalyze, beget, breed, effectuate, generate, induce

critique

to examine critically, to express optnion

syn; criticism, review, noticesees

declare

to make known formally, officially

syn;annunciate, announce, herald, blazon,publicize

deduce

To draw a conclusion from fact; to infer, to determin by deduction

syn; conclude, infer, extrapolate, gather,reason

defend

to take action against attack, to maintain or support in the face of argument syn;fend, guard, protect, secure,ward

define

to determine or identify the essential qualtities, to discover and set forth the meaning of

syn; outline,trace, delineate

demonstrate

To show or prove something clearly and convincingly.

syn; signify, reveal, denote, display, exhibit

denote

Be a sign or indication of

syn; designate, indicate, signify, represent

denounce

To condemn openly; to accuse formally

syn; condemn, attack, cencure, decry, discredit

depict

(v.) to portray; to represent or show in the form of a picture

syn; portray, illustrate, render, reproduce

describe

Give a detailed account or picture of a situation, event, pattern or process. syn; report, chronicle, recount

detail

to state a particular FACTS OR DISCUSS THE DETAILS, to thoroughly clean, to report minutely syn; item, point

determine

to establish exactly or with authority, to bring about as a result.

syn;decide, discover

develop

to cause something to grow, to create something over a period of time. syn; elaborate, evolve, unfold to work out the possibility of

deviate

(v.) to turn aside; to stray from a norm; to do something different syn; untypical, irregular, unnatural

differentiate

(v.) - to distinguish, to make different

syn; distinguish, difference, discern

differ

to be unlike, to have opinions that don't agree

syn;contrast, vary

direct

to cause something or someone to turn, move or point in a particular way syn;immediate, primary

disappoint

fail to meet the hopes or expectations of

syn, fail, dissatisfy, let down

discover

to become aware, to make known or visible,

syn; ascertain, realize, learn

discuss

to investigate by reasoning or argument, to talk about

syn;argue, bandy, debate, talk over

dispel

To clear away; to remove or get rid of, as if by scattering. to make something end syn; scatter disperse, dissipate

display

to put before view, to put something where people can see it

syn; exhibit, show, unveil,

dispute

coming into conflict with, a disagreement or argument about something important syn, debate, difference, dissension

disrupt

to break apart, to interrupt the normal course, syn; fracture, break up, bust, dismember

distinguish

to notice a difference between people or things, to mark as separate syn;discern, differentiate, separate

distort

(v.) to give a false or misleading account of; to twist out of shape

syn; deform misrepresent, falsify, misstate, slant

downplay

make (something) appear less important than it really is,

syn; play down, de emphasize

dramatize

to adapt for theatrical presentation, to show something in a clear and effective way syn; exaggerate, overdo, amplify,hyperbolize

elevate

to lift or make higher syn; rise lift