11
chance(verb, try, expose, think, believe)
11
infer(verb, study, accept, consider, draw)
11
presume(verb, hold, advance, accept, consider)
9
assume(verb, take, consider, fancy, reason)
9
chew over(verb, expression, phrasal verb, study, mean)
9
mull over(verb, expression, phrasal verb, study, mean)
9
postulate(verb, hold, accept, consider, establish)
9
reason(verb, study, consider, favor, see)
9
study(verb, mean, consider, favor, see)
9
suspect(verb, hold, accept, consider, fancy)
8
conceive(verb, study, consider, fancy, create)
8
mull(verb, study, consider, resolve, reason)
8
risk(verb, move, take, set, work)
8
wager(verb, move, set, advance, play)
8
weigh(verb, study, mean, consider, resolve)
7
Muse
7
bet(verb, set, advance, challenge, try)
7
cerebrate(verb, study, consider, resolve, reason)
7
hazard(verb, set, try, expose, think)
7
play(verb, move, set, risk, hazard)
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