TOPIC VOCAB - THINKING AND LEARNING

Question 1

To confuse somebody/too strange or difficult to understand

Answer 1

Baffle

Question 2

to think about whether you should do something, or how you should do something in the future or for a long time

Answer 2

Contemplate

Question 3

believing that people only do things to help themselves rather than for good or honest reasons

Answer 3

Cynical

Question 4

to form an opinion about something based on the information or evidence that is available

Answer 4

Deduce

Question 5

to think or talk seriously and CAREFULLY about something:

Answer 5

Deliberate

Question 6

a situation that makes problems, often one in which you have to make a very difficult choice between things of equal importance

Answer 6

Dilemma

Question 7

not certain about something and suspecting that something may be wrong; not knowing whether something is good or bad

Answer 7

Dubious

Question 8

to understand sth

Answer 8

Grasp

Question 9

the process of making a guess when you do not know all the facts

Answer 9

Guesswork

Question 10

an idea that is based on feeling and for which there is no proof

Answer 10

Hunch

Question 11

seeming likely to be true, or able to be believed

Answer 11

Plausible

Question 12

to think carefully about something, especially for a noticeable length of time (to think of DEEPLY)

Answer 12

Ponder

Question 13

putting a lot of effort into your work

Answer 13

Conscientious

Question 14

doubting that something is true or useful

Answer 14

skeptical