Academic Vocabulary
Mis
Dis-
Un-
Academic Vocabulary
100

to make a well informed guess

What is infer or hypothesize

100

to act badly or improperly

misbehave

100
not being faithful
What is disloyal
100
not acceptable
What is unacceptable
100

to find what is similar between things

compare

200

to look at closely

analyze

200

to calculate incorrectly

miscalculate

200
not following rules
What is disobey
200
not able to be believed
What is unbelievable
200

to show differences between things

contrast

300

to give a brief statement of the main points.

summary

300

to put something in the wrong place or lose it temporarily

misplace

300
having opposite thoughts
What is disagree
300
a mystery, not known
What is unknown
300

show how something works or is done

demonstrate

400

written or printed words

text

400

to say a word the wrong way

mispronounce

400
to not be seen
What is disappear
400
not predicted, a surprise
What is unexpected
400

to form a conclusion or an educated guess based on available evidence and reasoning

infer 

500
anything that can be used to prove something
What is evidence
500

to say a word the wrong way

mispronounce

500
opposite of cover, not covered
What is discover
500
not sure
What is uncertain
500

an assertion that something is true

claim