intrinsic (adjective) essential or natural to something

• Sample Sentence: Many religions and belief systems say that each person has intrinsic value, no matter who they are or what they have done.

• Turn and Talk: Describe someone you know who has an intrinsic ability to charm people.

commodity (noun) something that is bought and sold; a useful or valuable thing

• Sample Sentence: Healthy human organs are valuable commodities.

• Turn and Talk: Name a few commodities that your family purchases on a regular basis.

practitioner (noun) person who works in a profession

• Sample Sentence: Some people do not want medical practitioners to decide what care to provide based on whether patients are good or bad people.

• Turn and Talk: Besides teachers, what are some other types of education practitioners at your school?

evaluate (verb) to judge the value or worth of

• Sample Sentence: City officials evaluated the homeless shelter’s performance and decided to give it more funding.

• Turn and Talk: Should students be evaluated on their performance, effort, or both? Explain.

infer (verb) to conclude based on evidence and reasoning; to conclude as an educated guess

• Sample Sentence: While we might infer from Goto’s past behavior that he will continue his criminal activities, no one knows for sure.

• Turn and Talk: Based on the progress of modern technology so far, is it reasonable to infer that robots will one day take over the world?