COMMONLY USED COMMAND WORDSl

~Analyze To study or determine the nature and relationship of the pares of by analysis.

Appraise To judge and analyze the worth, significance, or status of.

Arrange To put into a proper order or into a correct or suitable sequence, relationship, oradjustment.

Calculate To ascertain or determine by mathematical proc.esses.

Characterize To describe the essential character or quality of.

Cite To quote by way of evidence, authority, or proof.

Classify To arrange in classes; to assign to a category.

Combine To bring into such close relationship as to obscure individual characteristics.

Comment To observe, remark, or express an opinion or attitude concerning what has beenseen or heard about the subject at hand.

Compare To examine the character or qualities of, for the primary purpose of discoveringresemblances.

Compose To Porm by putting together; to form the substance of.

Compute To determine, especially by mathematical means.

Conclude To make a decision about; to reach a logically necessary end by reasoning.

Construct To create by organizing ideas or concepts logically and coherenrly.

Contrast To compare in respect to differences.

Convert To change from one form or function to another.

Create To produce or bring about by a course of action or imaginative skill.

Criticize To consider the merits and demerits of and judge accordingly; to find fault with.

Critique To offer a critical review or commentary.

Define To set forth the meaning of; specifically, (0 formulate a definition of.

Demonstrate To prove or make clear by reasoning or evidence; to illustrate and explain,especially with examples.

Describe To transmit a mental image, an impression, or an understanding of the nature andcharacteristics of.

Design To conceive or plan out in the mind.

Determine To come to a decision as the result of investigation or reasoning; to settle or decideby choice among alternatives or possibilities.

Diagram To represent by or put into the form of a diagram. ,I'

Differentiate To mark or show a difference in; to develop different characteristics in.

Discriminate To mark or perceive the distinguishing or peculiar features of; to distinguish bydiscerning or exposing differences.

Discuss To discourse about through reasoning or argument; to present in detail.

Distinguish To perceive a difference in; to separate into kinds, classes, or categories.

Draft To draw up, compose, prepare, frame.

Draw To express graphically in words; to delineate. -Estimate To judge the value, worth, or significance of.

Evaluate To determine or fix the value of; to determine the significance or worth of, usuallyby careful appraisal and study.

Explain To give the meaning or signincance of; to provide an undemanding of; to give thereason for or cause of.

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Formulate To pur into a systematized statement or expression; to prepare according to aformula .

Give . To yield or furnish as a product, consequence, or effect; to offer for theconsideration, acceptance, or use of another.

Identify To establish the identity of; to show or prove the sameness of.

Illustrate To make clear, especially by giving examples or instances.

Indicate To point out or point to with more or less exactness; to show or make known witha fair degree of certainty.

Infer To derive as a conclusion from factors or premises.

Interpret To explain or tell the meaning of; to present in understandable terms.

Judge To form an opinion about through careful weighing of evidence and testing ofpremises.

Justify To prove or show to be valid, sound, or conforming to fact or reason; to furnishgrounds or evidence for.

List To enumerate.

Match To pair up or put in a set as possessing equal or harmonizing attributes. •Modify To make minor changes to give a new orientation to or to serve a new end.

Name To mention or identify by name.

Order To pur in order; to arrange.

Outline To indicate rhe principal [eatures or different parts of.

Predict To declare in advance; to foretell on the basis of observation, experience, or reason.

Prepare To put into written form; to draw up. ---Present To offer or convey by way of message; to furnish or provide.

Rearrange To pur back into proper order or into a correct or suitable sequence, relationship,or adjusrmenr.

Recommend To bring forward a being fir or worthy; to indicate as being one's choice [orsomerhing or as otherwise having one's approval or suppon.

Record To set down in wriring; to make an answer.

Relate To show or establish logical or causal connection between.

Respond To say or write somerhing in return; to make an answer.

Restate To stare again in a new form.

Review To make a formal or official examinarion of the state of; to go over or examinecritically or deliberately.

Revise To make a new, amended, improved, or up-to-dare version of.

Select To choose from a number or group-usually, by fitness, excellence, or otherdistinguishing feature.

Separate To set or keep apart; to make a distinction between; to sort.

Show To ser forth in a statement, account, or description; to make evident or clear.

Solve To find a solution for a problem.

Stare To express in words.

Subdivide To divide rhe pans into more pans.

Summarize To tell in or reduce to a summary.

Support To provide with verification, corroboration, or substantiation.

Write To pur on paper; to record, state, or explain.