4
idea(noun, philosophy, knowledge, reason, attitude)
4
imagination(noun, feeling, understanding, power, spirit)
4
meditating(verb, thinking)
4
motivation(noun, basis, thinking, justification, grounds)
4
ratiocinative(adjective, sound, reasonable, sensible, rational)
4
reflecting(verb, adjective, reasonable, keen, deep)
4
speculating(verb, thinking)
4
speculation(noun, understanding, mind, sense, intelligence)
3
absorption(noun, thought)
3
analytical(adjective, sound, reasonable, keen, sensible)
3
appraisal(noun, thought)
3
brain-power(noun, intellect)
3
brains(noun, feeling, understanding, power, philosophy)
3
brainy(adjective, reasonable, keen, heavy, rational)
3
cerebrating(verb, thinking)
3
cognition(noun, understanding, philosophy, idea, attention)
3
concentrating(verb, thinking)
3
conception(noun, power, knowledge, spirit, mind)
3
conceptualizing
3
egghead(adjective, intellectual)
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