| No. | Item | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | apprehend | understand from indications |
| 2. | arrive at | reach by reasoning |
| 3. | ascertain | find out from evidence |
| 4. | assume | take to be true from clues |
| 5. | believe | think likely from evidence |
| 6. | come away with | leave with an understanding |
| 7. | come to | reach mentally from evidence |
| 8. | comprehend | understand fully from available clues |
| 9. | conclude | decide from the available facts |
| 10. | conjecture | form an uncertain conclusion |
| 11. | connect dots | link clues into understanding |
| 12. | consider | regard as likely or implied |
| 13. | construe | interpret in a particular way |
| 14. | decide | reach a conclusion from facts |
| 15. | deduce | reach by reasoning from evidence |
| 16. | deem | judge or consider from evidence |
| 17. | derive | obtain from a source or facts |
| 18. | determine | establish by reasoning or evidence |
| 19. | discern | perceive or recognize from clues |
| 20. | discover | learn from clues or evidence |
| 21. | divine | guess from subtle signs |
| 22. | draw from | derive meaning from something |
| 23. | draw out | extract meaning from clues |
| 24. | estimate | judge roughly from evidence |
| 25. | extract | pull meaning from information |
| 26. | extrapolate | extend from known facts |
| 27. | fathom | understand after thought |
| 28. | figure | work out from available clues |
| 29. | find | discover by reasoning from evidence |
| 30. | follow the clues | reason from available signs |
| 31. | garner | gather understanding from evidence |
| 32. | gather | understand from what is shown |
| 33. | gauge | judge from available signs |
| 34. | get | understand from hints or signs |
| 35. | glean | extract meaning from limited information |
| 36. | go by | judge according to evidence |
| 37. | go off | judge from available signs |
| 38. | grasp | understand from available indications |
| 39. | hypothesize | propose from limited evidence |
| 40. | induce | derive a general rule |
| 41. | interpret | understand the meaning of clues |
| 42. | intuit | know by instinctive understanding |
| 43. | join the dots | connect clues into a conclusion |
| 44. | judge | form an opinion from evidence |
| 45. | key off | take direction from clues |
| 46. | learn | come to know from clues |
| 47. | make deductions | draw conclusions from evidence |
| 48. | make inferences | draw conclusions from clues |
| 49. | make of | interpret or understand as |
| 50. | make out | understand from signs or context |
| 51. | make sense of | understand from confusing clues |
| 52. | note | notice and understand from clues |
| 53. | notice | become aware and conclude |
| 54. | observe | notice and conclude from evidence |
| 55. | parse | analyze to understand meaning |
| 56. | perceive | become aware from subtle signs |
| 57. | pick up | notice and understand indirectly |
| 58. | piece together | assemble meaning from separate clues |
| 59. | postulate | suggest as likely or necessary |
| 60. | presume | suppose likely from what appears |
| 61. | put it together | combine clues into meaning |
| 62. | put together | combine clues into a conclusion |
| 63. | read as | interpret as meaning something |
| 64. | read between lines | detect implied meaning |
| 65. | read into | find an implied meaning in |
| 66. | read off | derive directly from data |
| 67. | read out of | take meaning from something |
| 68. | read something as | interpret something in a way |
| 69. | read to mean | interpret as meaning |
| 70. | reason | work out logically from facts |
| 71. | reckon | think based on what is known |
| 72. | regard | view as implied or likely |
| 73. | see | understand from what is implied |
| 74. | sense | perceive indirectly or intuitively |
| 75. | size up | judge from observed signs |
| 76. | sniff out | detect from faint signs |
| 77. | speculate | form ideas without certainty |
| 78. | sum up | reach a general conclusion |
| 79. | suppose | assume from limited information |
| 80. | surmise | form an idea from clues |
| 81. | suspect | think likely from signs |
| 82. | suss out | figure out from clues |
| 83. | take as | regard as implied or meant |
| 84. | take away | derive meaning from something |
| 85. | take from | understand as implied by |
| 86. | take it | understand it as implied |
| 87. | take to mean | understand as meaning |
| 88. | tell | discern from signs or evidence |
| 89. | theorize | form an explanatory conclusion |
| 90. | think | form a conclusion mentally |
| 91. | trace | follow clues to a conclusion |
| 92. | track | follow signs to understanding |
| 93. | underread | interpret as less significant |
| 94. | understand | grasp meaning from what appears |
| 95. | unpack | draw out implied meaning |
| 96. | use as evidence | treat as support for conclusion |
| 97. | verify from context | confirm by surrounding clues |
| 98. | view | interpret in a certain way |
| 99. | weigh up | judge after considering clues |
| 100. | work out | arrive at by reasoning |
