Academic verbs

TOEFL vocabulary · English · Unit 3

• emphasize v.: to give special importance to something
• elaborate v., adj.: to explain something in more detail
• imply v.: to suggest something without saying it directly
• infer v.: to reach a conclusion from evidence
• contradict v.: to say or show that something is wrong
• derive v.: to get or come from a source
• constitute v.: to form or make up something
• undergo v.: to experience a process, change, or treatment
• attribute v., n.: A quality; to regard something as caused by another
• facilitate v.: to make something easier
• diminish v.: to become or make smaller, weaker, or less
• accumulate v.: to collect or increase gradually over time