| Academic Verbs | Academic Verbs | Academic Verbs | Academic Verbs | Academic Verbs |
| A | D | H | P | S |
| accept | deal with | hammer out | pass on | sanction |
| acknowledge | debate | handle | permit | say |
| address | deconstruct | hash out | persuade | scan |
| admit | defend | have faith in | ponder | scrutinize |
| adopt | define | highlight | portray | see |
| advocate | demand | hint | posit | shed light on |
| affirm | demonstrate | hold | postulate | show |
| agree | demur | hypothesize | predicate upon | sift |
| allege | deny | I | prefer | simplify |
| allow | describe | identify | present | solve |
| allude | designate | illuminate | presume | specify |
| announce | detail | illustrate | probe | speculate |
| appraise | determine | imagine | problematize | spell out |
| argue | develop | impart | proffer | state |
| ascertain | differ | implement | promote | stress |
| assay | disclose | imply | pronounce | study |
| assert | discover | indicate | provide | submit |
| assume | discuss | infer | put forth | substantiate |
| attend | dispute | inquire | Q | suggest |
| aver | dissect | insist | query | summarize |
| avow | document | institute | question | support |
| B | doubt | interpret | quote | suppose |
| be certain of | E | investigate | R | surmise |
| believe | elaborate | J | rationalize | survey |
| break down | elucidate | judge | realize | sustain |
| bring to light | embrace | justify | reason | suture |
| C | emphasize | L | recap | synthesize |
| champion | employ | label | recapitulate | T |
| cite | engage | limn | reconcile | tackle |
| claim | engender | M | refer | take into account |
| clarify | espouse | make a case | reference | take up |
| clear up | establish | make clear | refine | tell |
| comment | estimate | mention | reflect | term |
| communicate | evaluate | mine | refute | test |
| concede | examine | N | regard | theorize |
| concentrate | excoriate | name | relate | think |
| concur | explore | negotiate | relay | transgress |
| confirm | expound | notice | rely on | transmit |
| conjecture | express | O | remark | trust |
| connect | F | object | remind | U |
| consider | find | offer | reply | uncover |
| contemplate | focus go over | own | report | underline |
| contend | G | research | underscore | |
| contest | grant | resolve | undertake | |
| contextualize | guess | reveal | uphold | |
| continue | review | use | ||
| contribute | V | |||
| convey | validate | |||
| count as | verify | |||
| W | ||||
| weigh | ||||
| wink | ||||
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