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posit(verb, accept, consider, reason, assume)
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postulate(verb, accept, consider, reason, assume)
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predicate(verb, accept, consider, reason, assume)
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predict(verb, take, express, think, anticipate)
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prefigure
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presage(call, anticipate, forecast, foreshow, telegraph)
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pretend(verb, reason, assume, understand, admit)
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psych out(expression, call, think, conclude, anticipate)
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quail(verb, worry, avoid, fuss, fret)
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quaver(verb, worry, avoid, fuss, fret)
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ratiocinate(verb, make, reason, assume, understand)
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read into(verb, expression, phrasal verb, reason, assume)
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reason(verb, make, consider, assume, think)
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repute
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say
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scared(adjective, shy, scare, awe)
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scarey(adjective, shy, scare, awe)
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see handwriting on wall(expression, idiom, call, think, conclude)
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sense(verb, take, consider, allow, assume)
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shook(adjective, shy, scare, awe)
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