Vocabulary: Thinking

to determine the rate or amount of (something, such as a tax, charge, or fine)

• deliberate

• assess

• grasp

• assume

a usually undesirable or unpleasant choice

• intuition

• faith

• dilemma

• hunch

to distinguish by discerning or exposing differences : to recognize or identify as separate and distinct

• discriminate

• reckon

• speculate

• reflect

questionable or suspect as to true nature or quality

• plausible

• dubious

• prejudiced

• cynical

to confuse or frustrate completely

• deduce

• deliberate

• query

• baffle

the action or power of moving the intellect or emotions

to focus one's powers, efforts, or attention

• contemplate

• presume

• concentrate

• consider

a numerical value obtained from a statistical sample and assigned to a population parameter

• notion

• guesswork

• surmise

• estimate

belief in the traditional doctrines of a religion

• faith

• paradox

• paradigm

• principle

contemptuously distrustful of human nature and motives

• ingenious

• extravagant

• cynical

• quirky