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Account of

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Describe a series of events or transactions.

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Account for

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State reasons for; report on.

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Analyse

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Identify components/elements and the significance of the relationship between them; draw out and relate implications; determine logic and reasonableness of information.

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Apply

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Use; employ in a particular situation or context.

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Assess

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Make a judgment about, or measure, determine or estimate, the value, quality, outcomes, results, size, significance, nature or extent of something.

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Calculate

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Determine from given facts, figures or information; obtain a numerical answer showing the relevant stages in the working; determine or find (e.9, a number, answer) by using mathematical processes.

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Clarify

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Make a statement or situation more comprehensible.

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Compare

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Recognise similarities and differences and the significance of these similarities and differences.

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Construct

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Make, build, create or put together by arranging ideas or items (e.9, an argument, artefact or solution); display information in a diagrammatic or logical form.

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Contrast

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Show how things are different or opposite

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Deduce

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Draw a conclusion from given information, data, a narrative, an argument, an opinion a design and/or a plan.

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Define

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Give the precise meaning and identify essential qualities of a word, phrase, concept or physical quantity.

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Demonstrate

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Show ideas, how something can be done or that something is true by using examples or practical applications, or by applying algorithms or formulas.

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Describe

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Provide characteristics, features and qualities of a given concept, opinion, situation, event, process, effect, argument, narrative, text, experiment, artwork, performance piece or other artefact in an accurate way.

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Discuss

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Present a clear, considered and balanced argument or prose that identifies issues and shows the strengths and weaknesses of, or points for and against, one or more arguments, concepts, factors, hypotheses, narratives and/or opinions.

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Distinguish

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Make clear the differences between two or more arguments, concepts, opinions, narratives, artefacts, data points, trends and/or items.

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Evaluate

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Ascertain the value or amount of; make a judgment using the information supplied, criteria and/or own knowledge and understanding to consider a logical argument and/or supporting evidence for and against different points, arguments, concepts processes, opinions or other information.

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Examine

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Consider an argument, concept, debate, data point, trend or artefact in a way that identifies assumptions, possibilities and interrelationships.

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Explain

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Give a detailed account of why and/or how with reference to causes, effects, continuity, change, reasons or mechanisms; make the relationships between things evident.

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Extract

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Select relevant and/or appropriate detail from an argument, issue or artefact.

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Extrapolate

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Infer and/or extend information that may not be clearly stated from a narrative, opinion, graph or image by assuming existing trends will continue.

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Identify

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Recognise and name and/or select an event, feature, ingredient, element, speaker and/or part from a list or extended narrative or argument, or within a diagram, structure, artwork or experiment.

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Infer

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Derive conclusions from available information or evidence, or through reasoning, rather than through explicit statements.

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Interpret

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Draw meaning from an argument, point of view, description or diagram, text, image or artwork and determine significance within context.

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Investigate

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Observe, study or carry out an examination in order to establish facts and reach new conclusions.

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Justify

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Show, prove or defend, with reasoning and evidence, an argument, decision and/or point of view using given data and/or other information.

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List

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Provide a series of related words, names, numbers or items that are arranged consecutively.

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Name

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Provide a word or term (something that is known and distinguished from other people or things) used to identify an object, person, thing, place etc.

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Outline

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Provide an overview or the main features of an argument, point of view, text, narrative, diagram or image.

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Persuade

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Induce (someone) to do something through reasoning or argument; convince.

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Predict

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Give an expected result of an upcoming action or event; suggest what may happen based on available information.

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Propose

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Suggest or put forward a point of view, idea, argument, diagram, plan and/or suggestion based on given data or stimulus material for consideration or action.

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Recall

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Present remembered ideas, facts and/or experiences.

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Recommend

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Put forward and/or approve (someone or something) as being suitable for a particular purpose or role.

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Recount

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Retell a series of events or steps in a process, usually in order.

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State

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Give a specific name or value or other brief answer without explanation or calculation.

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Suggest

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Put forward for consideration a solution, hypothesis, idea or other possible answer.

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Summarise

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Retell concisely the relevant and major details of one or more arguments, text, narratives, methodologies, processes, outcomes and/or sequences of events.

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Synthesise

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Combine various elements to make a whole or an overall point.