| No. | Item | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | acknowledging | recognizing openly |
| 2. | analyzing | examining in detail |
| 3. | answering | responding to |
| 4. | appraising | assessing value or quality |
| 5. | approaching | beginning to deal with |
| 6. | assessing | evaluating |
| 7. | attacking | dealing with forcefully |
| 8. | attending to | giving attention to |
| 9. | breaking down | explaining in parts |
| 10. | bringing up | introducing for discussion |
| 11. | broaching | introducing for discussion |
| 12. | clarifying | making clearer |
| 13. | combating | fighting against |
| 14. | confronting | facing directly |
| 15. | considering | thinking about carefully |
| 16. | contemplating | considering thoughtfully |
| 17. | contending with | struggling against |
| 18. | coping with | managing successfully |
| 19. | correcting | making right |
| 20. | countering | acting against |
| 21. | covering | including or dealing with |
| 22. | dealing with | managing or responding to |
| 23. | defusing | making less tense |
| 24. | deliberating on | thinking over carefully |
| 25. | directing attention to | pointing focus toward |
| 26. | discussing | talking about |
| 27. | elaborating on | adding more detail about |
| 28. | emphasizing | showing importance |
| 29. | engaging with | becoming involved with |
| 30. | evaluating | judging quality or value |
| 31. | examining | looking into closely |
| 32. | explaining | making understandable |
| 33. | expounding on | explaining in detail |
| 34. | facing | meeting directly |
| 35. | fielding | handling questions or issues |
| 36. | fixing | repairing or correcting |
| 37. | focusing on | concentrating on |
| 38. | following through on | completing action on |
| 39. | following up on | taking further action on |
| 40. | framing | presenting in a certain way |
| 41. | getting to | beginning to deal with |
| 42. | grappling with | struggling to handle |
| 43. | handling | dealing with something |
| 44. | hashing out | discussing until resolved |
| 45. | heeding | paying attention to |
| 46. | highlighting | emphasizing |
| 47. | homing in on | moving attention toward |
| 48. | identifying | pointing out clearly |
| 49. | investigating | looking into thoroughly |
| 50. | ironing out | resolving small problems |
| 51. | laying out | presenting clearly |
| 52. | looking into | investigating |
| 53. | managing | controlling or coping with |
| 54. | meeting | dealing with successfully |
| 55. | minding | paying attention to |
| 56. | ministering to | attending to needs |
| 57. | mulling over | thinking about |
| 58. | navigating | managing through difficulty |
| 59. | noting | mentioning or observing |
| 60. | outlining | giving the main points |
| 61. | pinpointing | identifying exactly |
| 62. | pondering | thinking deeply about |
| 63. | prioritizing | treating as most important |
| 64. | probing | investigating deeply |
| 65. | processing | dealing with systematically |
| 66. | pursuing | continuing to seek |
| 67. | raising | bringing up |
| 68. | redressing | setting right |
| 69. | referring to | mentioning indirectly |
| 70. | reflecting on | thinking carefully about |
| 71. | remarking on | commenting on |
| 72. | remedying | correcting a problem |
| 73. | resolving | finding a solution to |
| 74. | responding to | reacting to appropriately |
| 75. | reviewing | examining again |
| 76. | scrutinizing | examining very closely |
| 77. | seeing to | making sure of |
| 78. | settling | resolving or deciding |
| 79. | solving | finding an answer to |
| 80. | speaking to | talking about or to |
| 81. | straightening out | making clear or correct |
| 82. | studying | examining carefully |
| 83. | surveying | examining broadly |
| 84. | tackling | trying to solve something |
| 85. | taking care of | handling fully |
| 86. | taking on | accepting and dealing with |
| 87. | taking stock of | reviewing the state of |
| 88. | taking up | beginning to discuss |
| 89. | targeting | directing attention toward |
| 90. | treating | dealing with in a way |
| 91. | turning to | shifting attention to |
| 92. | underscoring | emphasizing strongly |
| 93. | unpacking | explaining in detail |
| 94. | ventilating | discussing openly |
| 95. | walking through | explaining step by step |
| 96. | weighing | considering carefully |
| 97. | working on | trying to improve |
| 98. | working through | dealing with step by step |
| 99. | wrestling with | struggling to resolve |
| 100. | zeroing in on | focusing closely on |