| No. | Term | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Account for | Explain; make sense of. |
| 2. | Adduce | Cite as evidence. |
| 3. | Adjudicate | Form a judgment; decide. |
| 4. | Advise | Recommend after consideration. |
| 5. | Affirm | State as true; confirm. |
| 6. | Analyze | Examine parts to understand. |
| 7. | Anticipate | Expect; foresee in advance. |
| 8. | Appraise | Assess value or quality. |
| 9. | Apprehend | Grasp mentally; understand. |
| 10. | Argue | Reason in support of a claim. |
| 11. | Ascertain | Find out with certainty. |
| 12. | Assay | Test or evaluate carefully. |
| 13. | Assent | Agree; accept mentally. |
| 14. | Assess | Evaluate; estimate significance. |
| 15. | Assume | Take as true without proof. |
| 16. | Attend to | Give careful consideration to. |
| 17. | Attribute | Regard as caused by. |
| 18. | Audit | Examine systematically; review. |
| 19. | Balance | Weigh opposing factors. |
| 20. | Bear in mind | Remember; keep in consideration. |
| 21. | Believe | Accept as true. |
| 22. | Brood | Dwell gloomily on something. |
| 23. | Calculate | Compute; figure out. |
| 24. | Call to mind | Recall; remember. |
| 25. | Cast about | Search mentally for options. |
| 26. | Cerebrate | Use the brain; reason. |
| 27. | Chew over | Consider slowly and carefully. |
| 28. | Cogitate | Consider deeply. |
| 29. | Conceive | Form an idea; imagine. |
| 30. | Conclude | Reach a decision or judgment. |
| 31. | Conjecture | Guess based on incomplete data. |
| 32. | Consider | Think carefully about. |
| 33. | Contemplate | Reflect deeply; meditate. |
| 34. | Contrive | Devise; plan ingeniously. |
| 35. | Convince oneself | Come to believe; accept. |
| 36. | Count | Include as; regard as. |
| 37. | Crunch numbers | Perform calculations; analyze figures. |
| 38. | Decide | Choose after deliberation. |
| 39. | Deduce | Infer from evidence. |
| 40. | Deem | Regard as; judge. |
| 41. | Deliberate | Weigh options carefully. |
| 42. | Design | Plan; devise in detail. |
| 43. | Determine | Settle; decide conclusively. |
| 44. | Diagnose | Identify a problem by analysis. |
| 45. | Discern | Perceive; recognize mentally. |
| 46. | Discover | Find out; realize. |
| 47. | Discriminate | Distinguish between; differentiate. |
| 48. | Doubt | Question; be uncertain about. |
| 49. | Dream up | Invent; imagine creatively. |
| 50. | Dwell on | Focus on repeatedly. |
| 51. | Envision | Picture mentally; imagine. |
| 52. | Estimate | Approximate; judge roughly. |
| 53. | Evaluate | Judge merit or value. |
| 54. | Examine | Inspect closely; study. |
| 55. | Expect | Assume likely; anticipate. |
| 56. | Explicate | Explain in detail; clarify. |
| 57. | Figure | Work out; understand. |
| 58. | Figure out | Solve; come to understand. |
| 59. | Forecast | Predict based on evidence. |
| 60. | Foresee | See ahead; anticipate. |
| 61. | Form an opinion | Develop a viewpoint. |
| 62. | Formulate | Develop systematically; frame. |
| 63. | Fret | Worry; be anxiously preoccupied. |
| 64. | Grok | Understand profoundly and intuitively. |
| 65. | Guess | Estimate without full evidence. |
| 66. | Hold | Maintain as a belief. |
| 67. | Hypothesize | Propose a tentative explanation. |
| 68. | Imagine | Create mental images or ideas. |
| 69. | Infer | Derive a conclusion from clues. |
| 70. | Intend | Have in mind as a plan. |
| 71. | Interpret | Explain meaning; make sense of. |
| 72. | Judge | Form an opinion or decision. |
| 73. | Knit together | Connect ideas into coherence. |
| 74. | Know | Be aware; understand clearly. |
| 75. | Learn | Come to know; realize. |
| 76. | List | Lean toward; be inclined. |
| 77. | Look at | Consider; examine briefly. |
| 78. | Make out | Discern; understand. |
| 79. | Make sense of | Understand; interpret. |
| 80. | Map out | Plan step-by-step mentally. |
| 81. | Meditate | Reflect quietly and deeply. |
| 82. | Mull | Turn over in the mind. |
| 83. | Mull over | Consider at length. |
| 84. | Muse | Reflect thoughtfully; ponder. |
| 85. | Notice | Become aware; observe. |
| 86. | Opine | State an opinion. |
| 87. | Organize | Arrange ideas systematically. |
| 88. | Parse | Analyze structure or meaning. |
| 89. | Perceive | Become aware; grasp. |
| 90. | Picture | Visualize mentally. |
| 91. | Plan | Decide in advance; arrange. |
| 92. | Ponder | Consider carefully and at length. |
| 93. | Postulate | Assume as a basis. |
| 94. | Predict | Say in advance; forecast. |
| 95. | Presume | Assume likely; suppose. |
| 96. | Process | Work through mentally. |
| 97. | Project | Envision outcomes; extrapolate. |
| 98. | Puzzle out | Solve by reasoning. |
| 99. | Rationalize | Justify with plausible reasons. |
| 100. | Reason | Use logic to conclude. |