Summarising and describing

PTE vocabulary · English · Word dictation · Unit 1

• summarise v.: to give the main points briefly
• trend n., v.: A general direction of change or a popular style
• overall adj., adv., n.: Considering everything as a whole
• illustrate v.: to explain with examples or add pictures to a text
• depict v.: to show or describe in pictures or words
• represent v.: To stand for or act on behalf of someone
• category n.: A group of things of the same type
• comparison n.: Examining how things are similar or different
• significant adj.: Important or large enough to matter
• approximately adv.: Close to an amount, but not exactly
• majority n.: more than half of a group or total
• minority n.: The smaller group or part of a population