STAAR Grade 6 Reading: The Language of the Test, List 2

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  1. attitude
    a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings
  2. conclusion
    a position or opinion reached after consideration
  3. contribute
    bestow a quality on
  4. definition
    a brief explanation of the meaning of a word or phrase
  5. description
    a statement that represents something in words
  6. detail
    a single fact considered separately from the whole
  7. discuss
    consider or examine in speech or writing
  8. effect
    a phenomenon that is caused by some previous phenomenon
  9. encourage
    inspire with confidence
  10. establish
    show the validity of something, as by example or explanation
  11. explanation
    a statement that makes something comprehensible
  12. express
    communicate beliefs or opinions
  13. illustrate
    make clear or understandable by giving an example
  14. indicate
    give evidence of
  15. information
    a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn
  16. likely
    having a good chance of being the case or of coming about
  17. meaning
    the message that is intended or expressed or signified
  18. mention
    make reference to
  19. origin
    the source of something's existence or from which it derives
  20. predict
    make a guess about what will happen in the future
  21. present
    deliver or put forth (a speech or idea)
  22. provide
    give something useful or necessary to
  23. refer
    have as a meaning
  24. represent
    serve as a means of expressing something
  25. result
    something that follows as a consequence
  26. significant
    important in effect or meaning
  27. similar
    having the same or some of the same characteristics
  28. situation
    a condition or position in which you find yourself
  29. specific
    distinguishing something particular or unique
  30. statement
    a message that is declared
Created on Tue Aug 17 12:55:18 EDT 2021 (updated Tue Aug 17 13:36:26 EDT 2021)

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