| No. | Item | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | account | a particular explanation or version |
| 2. | accounting | an explanatory reckoning |
| 3. | adaptation | a modified rendering |
| 4. | analysis | close examination for meaning |
| 5. | angle | a particular perspective or take |
| 6. | appraisal | an evaluative interpretation |
| 7. | articulation | clear expression of meaning |
| 8. | assessment | an evaluative understanding |
| 9. | belief | something accepted as true |
| 10. | characterization | a way of describing something |
| 11. | clarification | something that makes meaning clearer |
| 12. | comment | a brief explanatory remark |
| 13. | commentary | explanatory notes or discussion |
| 14. | conception | an idea of what something means |
| 15. | conclusion | a judgment reached after thought |
| 16. | construal | the way something is understood |
| 17. | construction | the meaning assigned to words |
| 18. | contextualization | placing in explanatory context |
| 19. | decipherment | working out the meaning |
| 20. | decoding | figuring out the meaning |
| 21. | deduction | a conclusion reached by reasoning |
| 22. | definition | a statement of exact meaning |
| 23. | denotation | literal dictionary meaning |
| 24. | depiction | a represented understanding or picture |
| 25. | description | an explanatory account |
| 26. | drift | general meaning or tendency |
| 27. | elucidation | clarifying explanation |
| 28. | estimate | a rough judgment or view |
| 29. | evaluation | judging meaning or significance |
| 30. | exegesis | critical explanation of a text |
| 31. | explanation | a statement making something clear |
| 32. | explication | detailed explanation of meaning |
| 33. | exposition | clear explanation of meaning |
| 34. | expression | the way meaning is conveyed |
| 35. | finding | a result or conclusion |
| 36. | footnote | an added explanatory note |
| 37. | formulation | a particular wording or expression |
| 38. | framing | presenting with a particular meaning |
| 39. | gist | the essential meaning |
| 40. | gloss | an explanatory interpretation |
| 41. | guide | something aiding understanding |
| 42. | idea | a conceived meaning or understanding |
| 43. | illustration | explanatory presentation |
| 44. | implication | suggested meaning or consequence |
| 45. | import | the significance or meaning |
| 46. | impression | the sense formed about something |
| 47. | inference | a conclusion drawn from evidence |
| 48. | innuendo | an indirect implied meaning |
| 49. | insight | deep understanding of meaning |
| 50. | judgment | an opinion or considered view |
| 51. | justification | a reasoned explanation or defense |
| 52. | key | something that explains meaning |
| 53. | label | short identifying explanation |
| 54. | legend | an explanatory key or note |
| 55. | line | a particular way of presenting |
| 56. | mapping | showing relations and meaning |
| 57. | meaning | what something signifies |
| 58. | message | the meaning being conveyed |
| 59. | modeling | representing how something works |
| 60. | naming | assigning a descriptive term |
| 61. | note | a brief explanatory comment |
| 62. | notion | a general understanding or idea |
| 63. | observation | a comment showing understanding |
| 64. | opinion | a personal view or judgment |
| 65. | overtones | suggested secondary meanings |
| 66. | paraphrase | restatement in other words |
| 67. | perception | the way something is understood |
| 68. | perspective | a particular way of seeing |
| 69. | phrasing | choice of words used |
| 70. | portrayal | a way of presenting something |
| 71. | position | a stated point of view |
| 72. | purport | the apparent meaning or intention |
| 73. | rationalization | a self-justifying explanation |
| 74. | reading | a particular understanding of something |
| 75. | reckoning | a considered opinion or view |
| 76. | rendering | a version expressing meaning |
| 77. | rephrasing | putting into other words |
| 78. | representation | a way of presenting meaning |
| 79. | restatement | saying the meaning differently |
| 80. | rewording | expression in different words |
| 81. | scholium | a learned explanatory note |
| 82. | sense | the meaning or significance |
| 83. | significance | importance or meaning |
| 84. | slant | a biased way of interpreting |
| 85. | spin | a slanted interpretation |
| 86. | stance | a settled point of view |
| 87. | statement | a stated explanation or account |
| 88. | subtext | underlying implied meaning |
| 89. | take | a personal understanding or view |
| 90. | transcription | written rendering of speech |
| 91. | translation | expression in another language |
| 92. | transliteration | letter-for-letter rendering |
| 93. | understanding | the sense taken from something |
| 94. | unpacking | breaking down the meaning |
| 95. | unraveling | making the meaning clear |
| 96. | version | a particular form or account |
| 97. | view | a particular way of understanding |
| 98. | viewpoint | a position from which understood |
| 99. | vindication | explanation proving correctness |
| 100. | wording | the way something is expressed |
