| No. | Item | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | account for | explain by identifying causes |
| 2. | anticipate | expect from signs or trends |
| 3. | apprehend | understand or grasp mentally |
| 4. | arrive at | reach as a conclusion |
| 5. | ascertain | find out with certainty |
| 6. | ascribe | attribute to a cause |
| 7. | attribute | regard as caused by |
| 8. | calculate | work out from known facts |
| 9. | come to | reach a conclusion |
| 10. | comprehend | understand fully |
| 11. | compute | determine by mathematical reasoning |
| 12. | conclude | decide from what is known |
| 13. | construe | interpret the meaning of |
| 14. | cotton on | begin to understand or infer |
| 15. | crack | solve by figuring out |
| 16. | decide | reach a conclusion mentally |
| 17. | decode | work out the meaning |
| 18. | derive | obtain from a source or facts |
| 19. | detect | notice from slight signs |
| 20. | determine | find out by reasoning |
| 21. | discern | perceive or recognize subtly |
| 22. | discover | learn or realize from clues |
| 23. | divine | discover by intuition or insight |
| 24. | draw | obtain as a conclusion |
| 25. | establish | show or determine firmly |
| 26. | estimate | judge approximately from information |
| 27. | explain | make understandable by reasoning |
| 28. | extract | draw out from information |
| 29. | extrapolate | infer beyond known data |
| 30. | fathom | understand after effort |
| 31. | ferret out | discover through persistent searching |
| 32. | figure out | work out by thinking |
| 33. | find | determine after consideration |
| 34. | gather | understand from available information |
| 35. | get from | derive meaning or conclusion |
| 36. | glean | gather bit by bit |
| 37. | grasp | understand mentally |
| 38. | guess | form an opinion without certainty |
| 39. | hold | consider or judge |
| 40. | hypothesize | propose an explanation tentatively |
| 41. | identify | determine what something is |
| 42. | imply | indicate without stating directly |
| 43. | indicate | point to as likely |
| 44. | infer | reach a conclusion from evidence |
| 45. | interpret | explain the meaning of |
| 46. | intuit | know by instinctive insight |
| 47. | join the dots | connect clues to conclude |
| 48. | judge | form an opinion from evidence |
| 49. | know from | understand based on evidence |
| 50. | learn | come to know from information |
| 51. | make of | interpret in a certain way |
| 52. | make out | understand or infer with effort |
| 53. | make sense of | understand by reasoning |
| 54. | make the connection | link clues into understanding |
| 55. | make the inference | draw an inference |
| 56. | mark down as | judge to be |
| 57. | measure | judge by calculation |
| 58. | nail down | determine with certainty |
| 59. | note | notice and infer |
| 60. | observe | see and infer from |
| 61. | opine | express or hold an opinion |
| 62. | peg as | identify or judge as |
| 63. | pick up | notice or infer casually |
| 64. | piece out | work out from fragments |
| 65. | piece together | assemble clues into understanding |
| 66. | pin down | determine exactly |
| 67. | point to | suggest as evidence of |
| 68. | predict | say in advance from evidence |
| 69. | put together | combine clues into a conclusion |
| 70. | read as | interpret in a certain way |
| 71. | read between the lines | infer hidden meaning |
| 72. | read off | determine directly from data |
| 73. | realize | come to understand clearly |
| 74. | reason | think logically to a conclusion |
| 75. | reckon | judge or conclude informally |
| 76. | recognize | identify from signs or facts |
| 77. | regard as | consider to be |
| 78. | see | understand from what appears |
| 79. | sense | perceive or infer vaguely |
| 80. | size up | judge from observation |
| 81. | solve | find the answer by reasoning |
| 82. | sort out | resolve by understanding details |
| 83. | suggest | imply as a likely conclusion |
| 84. | surmise | form an idea from clues |
| 85. | suss out | figure out by observation |
| 86. | take as | interpret as meaning |
| 87. | take from | derive meaning from something |
| 88. | take it | understand or assume |
| 89. | tease out | draw out with careful analysis |
| 90. | theorize | form a theory from facts |
| 91. | think | form a mental conclusion |
| 92. | trace | follow back to a source |
| 93. | track | follow signs to determine |
| 94. | understand | grasp the meaning from clues |
| 95. | unpick | analyze to understand |
| 96. | unravel | work out something puzzling |
| 97. | untangle | make clear by analysis |
| 98. | view as | consider in a certain way |
| 99. | work out | determine by reasoning or calculation |
| 100. | work through | solve by stepwise reasoning |
