Testing Terms 2012-2013

Evaluate/Evaluation

To ascertain the value of; to examine and judge carefully

Justify/ Justification To demonstrate or prove to be valid;

give reasons for; explain

Interpret/interpretation To explain the meaning of; to conceive the significance of; to

present the meaning of

Verify To prove the truth of with

evidence; substantiate

Clarity/Clarification

To make clear or easier to understand; to clear of

confusion or uncertainty

Explicate/Explication

To make clear the meaning of; explain fully

paraphrase

To restate a text or passage in another form or other

words

enhance

To make greater, as in value, beauty, or effectiveness; to

improve

Convey

To communicate or make known; impart

Analyze/analysis

To examine methodically by separating into parts and

studying their interrelations

Infer/Inference

To conclude from evidence; to draw a reasonable or

logical conclusion that has not been stated outright

Generate

To produce or construct from something given ( To

generate ideas is to produce or construct new thoughts

from text)

Determine To decide conclusively after

examination

Identify

To determine the origin, characteristics, or nature of

Recognize

To know or identify from past experience and knowledge

Apply knowledge

To put something already known or understand to use

Comprehend

To take in the meaning, nature, or importance of

Respond to

To make a reply to; to react to

Organize

To put together into an orderly , functional,

structured whole

Compose

To make or create by putting together parts or elements

synthesize To combine skillfully so as to form a

new complex product; to blend together skillfully

Audience The readership for printed matter;

those targeted to see, hear, or read

concise Expressing much in a few words

Accurate/Accurately The state or quality of being correct

Appropriate/appropriately Suitable for a particular person,

condition, occasion, or place.