9 Academic Vocabulary
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innovation(noun) new idea or way of doing something
Another form: innovative (adjective)
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An innovative way of checkingthe correct spelling of a wordwould be to use the spellcheck on your computer.
A great innovation formankind was the inventionof the wheel.
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I believe the greatest technological innovation was
Companies encourage their workers to design innovative
products because
Failure can lead to innovation. For example,
A good example of innovative teaching would be
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A rare phenomenon in the night sky is
We learned about the interestingphenomenon of the life cycle of the
caterpillar. [Explain]
An exciting phenomenon in science classoccurred when
The explorer observed severalphenomena during her trip to theAmazon. These included
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modify(verb)
to make small changes to somethingOther forms: modification (noun); modified (adj)
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Jamie will modify herpaper tomorrow bycorrecting the grammar
mistakes.
I modified my bedroom bypainting it purple.
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The scientists had to modify thehypothesis after
If you are cooking and you run out
of, you can modify the recipe bysubstituting
He has made several modifications tohis car, such as
Because the student is blind, herteacher must modify her lessons by
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segment(noun)
a separate part: a section; any of the parts intowhich a thing is divided or naturally separates
Only one segment ofhomework is due this
Wednesday.
We could break a yardstickinto segments of three
feet.
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2 ft
3 ft
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Name some candy bars that either come in segmentsor easily break into segments.
What happens if you cut a worm into segments?If you cut a worm into segments,
My favorite segment of [name a movie] is when
I can name [#] fruits that naturally divide intosegments. [Name them.]
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magnitude
(noun) greatness of size, volume, or extent; the size andscope of something;importance
The magnitude of light that themoon gives out at nightbrightens up the whole sky.
The magnitude of theearthquake in California wasso large I felt it inMichigan.
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It can be overwhelming to think about the magnitude ofproblems such as world hunger and ____.
The magnitude of the oil spill was tremendous. Itcovered ____ square miles!
Problems of small magnitude such as ____ or ____ maynot require the involvement of the President of theUnited States.[Ex: litter in school hallways]
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When the magnitude of an earthquake is between____ and______, [Tell what happens.]
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illustrate(verb)
to make clear by using examplesOther forms: illustration (noun); illustrated (adj)
After I wrote a poem Iillustrated it with pictureson the bottom ofthe page.
After the teacher read hisstudents the story, he wouldillustrate what it was talkingabout by writing the mainideas on the chalkboard.
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Tell about a time when the teacher illustrated thelesson with examples in order to be more clear.
I really enjoy the illustrations of ________.[Name an author/illustrator.]
I illustrated _______ in _____ class. [Explain somekind of drawing you did as part of an assignment.]
I illustrated _________ in my descriptive writingassignment.
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hypothesis(noun)something not proved but assumed to be true forpurposes of argument or further study or investigation
Other forms: hypothesize (verb)
The scientists hypotheses isthat the chemicals willbecome a solid when theyellow liquid is mixed withthe red liquid.
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The students hypothesizedthat the reason the plantsdid not grow well was thatthey did not get enough
sunlight.
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My hypothesis explaining the greatermagnitude of homelessness todaycompared to 20 years ago is
I hypothesize that a toy car will go
faster if the slope (angle) of theboard is
My hypothesis for my plant experiment is that if a plantgets enough____ the plant will grow well.
The health department hypothesized that the reason somany people who ate in that restaurant got sick was
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conceive(verb)
think of or imagine somethingOther forms: conception = idea (noun); conceptual (adj)
He conceived ofa robotthat would clean his room
for him.
It is difficult to conceive ofaworldwithout war.
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Can you conceive of a school where?
An example of an outdated conception is the idea
that
He has some odd conceptions about
She never conceived of the possibility that
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construct(verb)
to build something; to create something in the mindOther forms: construction (noun), constructed (verb)
To construct the treehouse, he would have touse wood and nails.
Sam constructed new ideas onhis science project that would
help him getf
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The company plans to construct on the corner ofMain st.
A new wing is being constructed on
She constructed many complex sentences using
The new stadium was constructed to hold [give anumber] of people.
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emphasize(verb)
to stress or give importance to somethingAnother form: emphasis (noun)
Judge Garcia emphasized theimportance ofstudents
attending school.
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The model emphasized hereyes with makeup.
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When we learn a new vocabulary word, the teachersemphasize
In a Word document, you can add emphasis by
When President Obama gives a speech, heemphasizes the main points by
In multi-syllabic words, one syllable has greateremphasis than the others. For example