| No. | Item | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | answer | give a response |
| 2. | anticipate | expect in advance |
| 3. | appraise | estimate value or quality |
| 4. | approximate | estimate without exactness |
| 5. | ascertain | find out for certain |
| 6. | assess | evaluate or estimate |
| 7. | assume | take for granted without proof |
| 8. | attempt | try to do or answer |
| 9. | back-of-envelope | rough, quick estimate |
| 10. | ballpark | estimate roughly |
| 11. | bank on | rely on as likely |
| 12. | believe | accept as true |
| 13. | best estimate | most likely estimate |
| 14. | bet | be confident about |
| 15. | calculate | work out an answer |
| 16. | call it | state your best judgment |
| 17. | choose | select as your answer |
| 18. | compute | calculate mathematically |
| 19. | conclude | decide after thinking |
| 20. | conclusion | judgment reached after thinking |
| 21. | conjecture | form an opinion without proof |
| 22. | count on | expect; assume will happen |
| 23. | decide | choose as the answer |
| 24. | deduce | reason out from evidence |
| 25. | deduction | conclusion reached by reasoning |
| 26. | determine | find out exactly |
| 27. | estimate | make an approximate calculation |
| 28. | estimation | act of estimating |
| 29. | evaluate | judge the value or quality |
| 30. | expect | think something will happen |
| 31. | eyeball | estimate by looking |
| 32. | feel | have an impression |
| 33. | figure | think; work out roughly |
| 34. | forecast | predict based on information |
| 35. | gather | infer from what you know |
| 36. | go by | judge using available information |
| 37. | go for | choose or decide on |
| 38. | go with | choose as your answer |
| 39. | guesstimate | estimate roughly |
| 40. | guestimate | rough estimate from guessing |
| 41. | gut feeling | strong intuitive sense |
| 42. | have a hunch | feel something is likely |
| 43. | hazard | venture a guess |
| 44. | hunch | intuitive feeling or guess |
| 45. | hypothesize | form a tentative explanation |
| 46. | identify | recognize or name correctly |
| 47. | imagine | form a mental idea |
| 48. | infer | draw a conclusion from clues |
| 49. | inference | conclusion drawn from evidence |
| 50. | instinct | natural feeling about something |
| 51. | interpret | explain the meaning of |
| 52. | intuit | know by intuition |
| 53. | intuition | sense without conscious reasoning |
| 54. | judge | form an opinion about |
| 55. | label | name or classify something |
| 56. | make a call | decide based on judgment |
| 57. | make a prediction | state what you think will happen |
| 58. | make an estimate | give an approximate figure |
| 59. | make of | interpret or conclude |
| 60. | make out | understand or discern |
| 61. | measure | estimate or assess |
| 62. | name | state as an answer |
| 63. | offer | present as an answer |
| 64. | opine | state an opinion or belief |
| 65. | opt for | choose in preference |
| 66. | peg | estimate at a figure |
| 67. | pinpoint | identify precisely |
| 68. | posit | assume as a basis |
| 69. | postulate | assume as a starting point |
| 70. | predict | say what will happen |
| 71. | presume | suppose something is true |
| 72. | project | estimate a future outcome |
| 73. | propose | suggest for consideration |
| 74. | rate | judge to be at a level |
| 75. | read | interpret as meaning |
| 76. | reckon | think or suppose |
| 77. | respond | reply with an answer |
| 78. | rough estimate | approximate calculation |
| 79. | say | state your view |
| 80. | sense | feel or perceive likely |
| 81. | solve | find the correct answer |
| 82. | speculate | form a theory without proof |
| 83. | submit | present for consideration |
| 84. | suggest | put forward as a possibility |
| 85. | suppose | assume something is true |
| 86. | surmise | guess from slight evidence |
| 87. | suspect | think likely without proof |
| 88. | take a punt | make a speculative choice |
| 89. | take a shot | try to answer |
| 90. | take a stab | make an attempt to answer |
| 91. | take for granted | assume without question |
| 92. | take it | assume to be the case |
| 93. | theorize | develop a possible explanation |
| 94. | think | believe or consider likely |
| 95. | try | make an attempt |
| 96. | venture | offer a guess |
| 97. | wager | predict with confidence |
| 98. | weigh | consider and judge |
| 99. | work out | figure out by thinking |
| 100. | zero in on | focus on the likely answer |
