Reading - funciton words

Question 1

account for

Answer 1

to explain

Question 2

acknowledge (a point)

Answer 2

to recognize the merit (=value) or validity of an idea

Question 3

advocate

Answer 3

to promote, to encourage

Question 4

bolster

Answer 4

to support, to provide additional evidence for an idea

Question 5

concede (a point)

Answer 5

to recognize the merit or validity of an opposing idea

Question 6

discredit

Answer 6

to disprove
* unlikely to be a correct answer

Question 7

dismiss

Answer 7

to deny the importance or validity of an idea

Question 8

downplay

Answer 8

to deliberately understate, to imply that something is unimportant

Question 9

evoke

Answer 9

to summon, to call up, to recreate through description

Question 10

explicate

Answer 10

to explain in greater detail

Question 11

highlight

Answer 11

to emphasize, to call attention to

Question 12

minimize

Answer 12

to deliberately understate the importance of an idea
(=downplay, trivialize)

Question 13

mock

Answer 13

to make fun of

Question 14

qualify

Answer 14

1. to provide more information about a statement to make it seem less strong or blunt
2. to indicate conditions under which a statement would be true

Question 15

satirize

Answer 15

to make fun of by using irony, sarcasm, or parody

Question 16

scoff at

Answer 16

to make fun of, to suggest that smth is unworthy of serious consideration

Question 17

substantiate

Answer 17

to give evidence or support for, to back up

Question 18

undermine

Answer 18

to weaken or attack the foundation of

Question 19

underscore

Answer 19

to call attention to
(=emphasize, highlight)