3
appreciate(verb, study, consider, resolve, reason)
3
attend(verb, settle, establish, put, think)
3
brainstorm(verb, develop, consider, produce, create)
3
conjecture(verb, reason, guess, contemplate, suppose)
3
crop(verb, browse, chew, feed on grass)
3
debate(consider, examine, deliberate, contemplate, reflect)
3
dream(verb, consider, worry, figure, think)
3
gum(verb, grind, bite, nibble, gnaw)
3
hypothesize(verb, reason, guess, contemplate, suppose)
3
introspect
3
nibble(verb, cut, attack, have, pick)
3
realize(verb, develop, produce, create, design)
3
scrutinise
3
suppose(verb, reason, guess, contemplate, wonder)
3
wonder(verb, consider, reason, think, guess)
2
acknowledge(verb, study, consider, favor, see)
2
allow for(expression, study, consider, favor, see)
2
assent to(expression, study, consider, favor, see)
2
be engrossed in(verb, settle, establish, put, think)
2
bethink(verb, recall, recollect, evoke)
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