| No. | Item | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | aim | Intended goal or purpose. |
| 2. | analysis | Detailed examination for meaning. |
| 3. | annotation | Explanatory note on text. |
| 4. | application | Relevance or practical use. |
| 5. | bearing | Relevance or significance. |
| 6. | burden | Main theme or message. |
| 7. | clarification | Explanation that removes confusion. |
| 8. | communication | Information or meaning conveyed. |
| 9. | comprehension | Understanding of something’s meaning. |
| 10. | concept | An abstract idea or understanding. |
| 11. | connotation | Associated or suggested meaning. |
| 12. | consequence | Importance or significance. |
| 13. | construction | Interpretation placed on words. |
| 14. | content | What is expressed or contained. |
| 15. | definition | Exact explanation of a word or idea. |
| 16. | denotation | Literal or primary meaning. |
| 17. | design | Purpose or underlying intention. |
| 18. | designation | Name or identifying expression. |
| 19. | drift | General tendency or meaning. |
| 20. | effect | Practical meaning or result. |
| 21. | elucidation | Clear explanation of something. |
| 22. | essence | The core nature or idea. |
| 23. | explanation | Statement making something clear. |
| 24. | explication | Detailed explanation of meaning. |
| 25. | extension | Range of things referred to. |
| 26. | force | Effective meaning or impact. |
| 27. | formulation | Particular way meaning is expressed. |
| 28. | function | Purpose or role something serves. |
| 29. | gist | The main idea or essence. |
| 30. | gloss | Brief explanation of a word. |
| 31. | hermeneutic | Method of interpretation. |
| 32. | idea | A thought or intended concept. |
| 33. | implication | What is suggested but unstated. |
| 34. | import | Meaning or significance of something. |
| 35. | importance | State of being significant. |
| 36. | indication | Sign or suggestion of something. |
| 37. | inference | Conclusion drawn from evidence. |
| 38. | information | Knowledge or meaning communicated. |
| 39. | informational content | Information conveyed by something. |
| 40. | intent | What someone means to do. |
| 41. | intention | Purpose or intended sense. |
| 42. | interpretation | A way of understanding something. |
| 43. | intimation | Indirect hint or suggestion. |
| 44. | key | Explanation of symbols or signs. |
| 45. | label | Name expressing a category or identity. |
| 46. | legend | Explanatory text on a map. |
| 47. | lesson | Point learned from something. |
| 48. | lexicon | Vocabulary of a language or field. |
| 49. | literal sense | Plain, direct meaning. |
| 50. | logic | Underlying sense or reasoning. |
| 51. | matter | Subject or substance of something. |
| 52. | message | The idea being communicated. |
| 53. | moment | Great importance or significance. |
| 54. | moral | Lesson or message of a story. |
| 55. | motivation | Reason behind an action. |
| 56. | motive | Reason for doing something. |
| 57. | name | Word identifying something. |
| 58. | note | Brief explanatory comment. |
| 59. | notion | A general idea or belief. |
| 60. | nuance | Subtle shade of meaning. |
| 61. | object | Purpose or intended aim. |
| 62. | objective | Goal or intended result. |
| 63. | overtone | Additional suggested meaning or quality. |
| 64. | paraphrase | Restatement of the same sense. |
| 65. | pertinence | Direct relevance or applicability. |
| 66. | point | Main idea or purpose. |
| 67. | proposition | Meaning expressed by a statement. |
| 68. | purport | General sense or intended meaning. |
| 69. | purpose | Reason or intended function. |
| 70. | rationale | Reason or explanation behind something. |
| 71. | reading | Particular interpretation of text. |
| 72. | reason | Cause, purpose, or explanation. |
| 73. | reference | What a word points to. |
| 74. | referent | Thing a word refers to. |
| 75. | relevance | Connection or significance to something. |
| 76. | semantic content | Meaning expressed by language. |
| 77. | semantics | Meaning in language or symbols. |
| 78. | sense | What something is intended to convey. |
| 79. | significance | Importance or conveyed sense. |
| 80. | signification | Meaning conveyed by a sign. |
| 81. | signified | Concept represented by a sign. |
| 82. | subject | What something is about. |
| 83. | substance | Essential meaning or content. |
| 84. | take | Personal interpretation or view. |
| 85. | tenor | General sense or character. |
| 86. | theme | Main subject or underlying idea. |
| 87. | thrust | Main point or direction. |
| 88. | topic | Subject being discussed or treated. |
| 89. | translation | Rendering meaning in another language. |
| 90. | undercurrent | Hidden feeling or meaning. |
| 91. | understanding | How something is grasped mentally. |
| 92. | undertone | Subtle underlying meaning or feeling. |
| 93. | usage | Meaning shown in actual use. |
| 94. | use | Function or sense in context. |
| 95. | value | Importance or worth. |
| 96. | weight | Importance or influence. |
| 97. | wherefore | Reason or purpose. |
| 98. | why | Reason or purpose behind something. |
| 99. | word sense | Particular meaning of a word. |
| 100. | worth | Value or importance. |
