ELA Core Vocab

1. To provide evidence to support or prove the truth of.
4. Open to more than one interpretation; unclear or inexact.
6. Forming a united whole.
8. Existing in thought or as an idea but not having a physical or concrete existence.
11. To examine methodically and in detail.
12. Producing powerful feelings or strong, clear images in the mind.
13. To check or prove the validity or accuracy of something.
14. To deduce or conclude information from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements.

2. To publicly recommend or support.
3. An idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
5. The general character or attitude of a place, piece of writing, situation, etc.
7. Not influenced by personal feelings or opinions in considering and representing facts.
9. The circumstances that form the setting for an event, statement, or idea.
10. Fluent or persuasive in speaking or writing.
11. To warn or reprimand someone firmly.