Verbs of Reasoning and Examination

• abstract
• adduce
• analyze
• arrive at
• attribute
• belabor
• calculate
• canvass
• cast about
• cerebrate
• check
• check out
• clarify
• clear up
• compare
• conclude
• construe
• contrast
• convince
• correlate
• crack
• debate
• deduce
• deliberate
• derive
• diagnose
• dig into
• dissect
• educe
• establish
• evaluate
• examine
• explore
• figure
• figure out
• find out
• follow
• hypothesize
• infer
• inspect
• integrate
• intellectualize
• interpolate
• interpret
• investigate
• metagrobolize
• observe
• penetrate
• place
• plumb
• pore over
• probe
• prove
• puzzle
• question
• rationalize
• reason
• redefine
• reduce
• research
• review
• scrutinize
• search
• sift through
• solve
• sort out
• strategize
• study
• surmise
• survey
• syllogize
• synthesize
• think over
• think through
• trace
• work out
• work over