What Authors Do (Describing Verbs)

Question 1

Affects (v.)

Answer 1

to act on; produce an effect or change in

Question 2

Explain (v.)

Answer 2

to make (something) comprehensible; to justify or attempt to justify (oneself) by giving reasons for one’s actions or words

Question 3

Presents (v.)

Answer 3

to bring (a person) into the presence of, and introduce formally to, another or others; to provide or confront (someone) with something

Question 4

Argues

Answer 4

to have a disagreement; quarrel; dispute; give reasons (for or against a proposal, proposition, etc.)

Question 5

Explores

Answer 5

to examine or investigate, esp systematically; to travel to or into (unfamiliar or unknown regions), esp for organized scientific purposesa

Question 6

Refers

Answer 6

to assign or attribute (to) as cause or origin; to assign, or regard or name as belonging (to a kind, class, date, etc.)

Question 7

Builds

Answer 7

to order, plan, or direct the construction of; to make by putting together materials, parts, etc

Question 8

Highlights

Answer 8

to mark (any brightly illuminated or prominent part of a form or figure) with light tone; to bring notice or emphasis to;

Question 9

Relates

Answer 9

to establish an association (between two or more things) or (of something) to have a relation or reference (to something else);

Question 10

Confirms

Answer 10

to prove to be true or valid; corroborate; verify;

Question 11

Hints

Answer 11

to make indirect suggestions or allusions; subtly imply; to give a hint of

Question 12

Represents

Answer 12

to stand as an equivalent of; correspond to; to act as a substitute or proxy (for)

Question 13

Criticises

Answer 13

to judge (something) with disapproval; censure; to evaluate or analyze (something)

Question 14

Informs

Answer 14

to give information to; tell

Question 15

Shows

Answer 15

to make, be, or become visible or noticeable;to present to view; exhibit; to indicate or explain; prove

Question 16

Describes

Answer 16

to give an account or representation of in words; pronounce or label

Question 17

Introduces

Answer 17

to present (someone) by name (to another person) or (two or more people to each other)

Question 18

Suggests

Answer 18

to put forward (a plan, idea, etc) for consideration; to evoke (a person, thing, etc) in the mind of someone by the association of ideas; to give an indirect or vague hint of

Question 19

Displays

Answer 19

to show or make visible; to disclose or make evident; reveal

Question 20

Narrates

Answer 20

to speak in accompaniment of (a film, television program, etc); to tell (a story); relate

Question 21

Supports

Answer 21

to carry the weight of; to bear or withstand (pressure, weight, etc); to provide the necessities of life for (a family, person, etc)