Freshmen Academic Vocab

To guard from attack, to support or justify, to act as a lawyer for.

Comprehension, intelligence, a specific interpretation, mutual agreement.

The worth of a thing; beliefs or standards; a certain estimate of worth.

An opponent, foe.

Improvement of mind and manners; skill and arts of a certain people.

Agreement, similarity; conventional behavior.

To make identical, treat as the same; to connect or associate closely.

To think well of, esteem; to be fully aware of.

An explanation of the meaning of another's work.

To order or enact, to set up or bring about, to prove or demonstrate.

A conflict of opinion, a dispute.

A reason or reasons offered, debate, a summary.

A something in its most excellent form, a perfect model; a noble goal or principle.

Symbol used in writing; distinctive behavior; moral strength.

One and only, without like or equal, very unusual and different.

The distant part of a scene; behind; events leading up to; training and experience.

Having two or more meanings, not clear.

To give light to, to make clear, explain, inform; to decorate with lights.

An idea or thought , an abstract notion.

To force expression, special stress, importance.

To absorb and incorporate, to make alike.

The opposite of; deny the statement of; contrary.

A circumstance thought to be unjust, a complaint against a real or imagined wrong.

The sum of the characteristics that set something apart; being different from others.

To increase, to make or become greater.

To receive willingly, to approve.

To talk or write about; to consider the pros and cons of.

Something established as a rule or basis of comparison, generally accepted.

To distinguish a difference between; to make unlike; to become different.

Bodily form, definite form; the organized whole.

To explain or translate, to give one's own conception of.

To make or become clear.

Legal condition; a position or rank; state of affairs.

To act against, to neutralize.

To set limits to, to settle conclusively, to decide, to find out exactly.

To grasp mentally, to understand.

Jointed, made up of distinct sounds, to express clearly.

A thing that weighs heavily on the mind, physical or mental distress.

Nearly but not exactly the same or alike.

To distinguish, to show partiality or prejudice.