11
ponder(verb, activity, consider, think, pause)
10
fight(noun, verb, attack, oppose, dispute)
10
disputation(noun, dispute, case, words, difference)
10
conflict(noun, verb, oppose, fight, dispute)
10
moot(verb, give, consider, free, settle)
9
controvert(verb, attack, maintain, oppose, fight)
9
reason(noun, verb, consider, maintain, dispute)
9
weigh(verb, activity, consider, examine, review)
8
agitate(verb, trouble, run, maintain, disturb)
8
oppose(verb, fight, dispute, challenge, object)
7
polemic(noun, dispute, reason, speech, case)
7
cogitate(verb, check, consider, see, respect)
7
conference(noun, talk, society, thought, argument)
7
consideration(noun, study, mark, note, regard)
7
differ(verb, hold, oppose, dispute, object)
7
disagree(verb, hold, attack, oppose, fight)
7
examine(verb, trouble, check, run, consider)
7
refute(verb, oppose, dispute, challenge, speech)
7
study(noun, verb, mark, run, consider)
7
canvass(noun, verb, run, consider, maintain)
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