Roland and Thoa Learning resources 2

 Roland and Thoa learning resources  2

Thinking

ASSESS verb  -synonym evaluate -
When you assess a person, thing, or situation, you consider them in order to make a judgment about them.
Our correspondent has been assessing the impact of the sanctions.
The test was to assess aptitude rather than academic achievement.
There are many useful strategies for assessing student learning and performance as well as ways to clarify your expectations and performance criteria. How should teachers assess Student Progress?

ASSESSMENT noun
assessment; plural noun: assessments
the action of assessing someone or something."the assessment of educational needs"

BAFFLE verb - synonym confuse, puzzle, amaze -
A great magician can baffle you with an impressive magic trick.

Her diligence never ceases to amaze me.It never ceases to amaze me.
used as a way of saying with emphasis that one is always amazed by something or someone.

​BIASED adjective  synonym partial

tending to show favour towards or against one group of people or one opinion for personal reasons; making unfair judgements

biased information/sources/press reports
a biased jury/witness
Their research was based on a biased sample (= a group of people/things containing more of one kind than normal, therefore not giving fair or accurate results).
biased against somebody/something
The article was heavily biased against the current regime.

UNBIASED adjective - synonym impartial -

If you describe someone or something as unbiased, you mean they are fair and not likely to support one particular person or group involved in something.

CONCENTRATE verb   - synonym focus -

CONSIDER verb  - Synonym deem, reckon -
to think about something carefully, especially in order to make a decision
I would like some time to consider.
consider something
She is considering her options.
Let us consider the facts.
We are considering various possibilities.
He was seriously considering an appeal.
A carefully considered response

CONTEMPLATE verb - synonym mull over, ponder -

CYNICAL adjective -synonym sardonic -

SARDONIC ADJECTIVE
GRIMLY MOCKING, CYNICAL

Starkey attempted a sardonic smile

DEDUCE verb   -synonym infer -
​to form an opinion about something based on the information or evidence that is available synonym infer. deduce something (from something)


INFER verb

If you infer that something is the case you decide that it is true on the basis of information that you already have.

I inferred from what she said that you have not been well. 

By measuring the motion of the galaxies in a cluster, astronomers can infer the cluster's mass.



IMPLY verb
to express indirectly

Her remarks implied a threat.

The news report seems to imply his death was not an accident.

DELIBERATE adjective

DELIBERATELY adverb

DILEMMA

DISCRIMINATE verb
to unfairly treat a person or group of people differently from other people or groups.
The school is not allowed to discriminate.

DUBIOUS adjective

hesitating or doubting

"I was rather dubious about the whole idea"

ESTIMATE verb

If you estimate a quantity or value, you make an approximate judgment or calculation of it.

Try to estimate how many steps it will take to get to a close object. 

I estimate that the total cost for treatment will be $12,500.

He estimated the speed of the winds from the degree of damage. 

Some analysts estimate its current popularity at around ten per cent.

FAITH noun (uncountable noun)
faith (in somebody/something) trust in someone's ability or knowledge; trust that someone or something will do what has been promised I have great faith in you—I know you'll do well. We have lost faith in the government's promises. Her friend's kindness has restored her faith in human nature.
He has blind faith (= unreasonable trust) in the doctor's ability to find a cure.

GATHER VERB - Synonyms congregate, collect, assemble, convene -
to come together, or bring people together, in one place to form a group
A crowd soon gathered
adv./prep. His supporters gathered in the main square.
Can you all gather round? I've got something to tell you.
The whole family gathered together at Ray's home.
be gathered + adv./prep. They were all gathered round the TV.
A large crowd was gathered outside the studio.
gather
to collect several things, often from different places or people:

I went to several libraries to gather information about the plans.

We gathered blueberries from the bushes.

GENIUS adjective
unusually great intelligence, skill or artistic ability
the genius of Shakespeare
a statesman of genius
Her idea was a stroke of genius.

GRASP verb to understand something completely
grasp something They failed to grasp the importance of his words.
grasp how, why, etc… She was unable to grasp how to do it.
grasp that… It took him some time to grasp that he was now a public figure.

IDEOLOGY

INGENIOUS adjective
(of an object, a plan, an idea, etc.) very suitable for a particular purpose and resulting from clever new ideas
an ingenious device/invention/experiment
ingenious ways of saving energy
His plots are always very ingenious.


INSPIRATION noun

MOTIVATION noun

GUESSWORK noun
the process or results of guessing.

HUNCH noun -  synonym intuition -

a feeling that something is true even though you do not have any evidence to prove it

It seemed that the doctor's hunch had been right.
My hunch is that the killer is still in the castle.


JUSTIFY verb
To justify a decision, action, or idea means to show or prove that is reasonable or necessary
No argument can justify a war.

 Ministers agreed that this decision was fully justified by economic conditions.

QUERY noun (countable noun)-synonym question, challenge, doubt -

A query is a question, especially one that you ask an organization, publication or expert.

While she was off work, the Manager of the firm phoned her many times with queries about accounts and customers.

QUERY verb

If you query something, you check it by asking about it because you are not sure if it is correct.
It's got a number you can ring to query your bill. 

No one queried my decision. 

To query means to ask a question.

'Is there something else?' Ryle queried as Helen stopped speaking. 

One of the journalists queried whether sabotage could have been involved.

PRESUME verb

REFLECT verb

REFLECTION noun

RECKON verb
to think or believe

I reckon it is going to rain.  

SCEPTICAL/SKEPTICAL

SPECULATE verb

form a theory or conjecture about a subject without firm evidence.

My colleagues speculate about my private life.

SUPPOSE verb

think or assume that something is true or probable but lack proof or certain knowledge.

I suppose I got there about noon.

 

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Stative verbs

Stative verbs describe a state rather than an action. They aren’t usually used in the present continuous form.
Stative verbs often relate to:

possession and measurement: belong, have, measure, own, possess, weigh.

thoughts and opinions: agree, believe, doubt, guess, imagine, know, mean, recognise, remember, suspect, think, understand

feelings and emotions: dislike, hate, like, love, prefer, want, wish

senses and perceptions: appear, be, feel, hear, look, see, seem, smell, taste

Stative (or State) Verb List

like	know	belong
love	realise	fit
hate	suppose	contain
want	mean	consist
need	understand	seem
prefer	believe	depend
agree	remember	matter
mind	recognise	see
own	appear	look (=seem)
sound	taste	smell
hear	astonish	deny
disagree	please	impress
satisfy	promise	surprise
doubt	think (=have an opinion)	feel (=have an opinion)
wish	imagine	concern
dislike	be	have
deserve	involve	include
lack	measure (=have length etc)	possess
owe	weigh (=have weight)