Basic General IELTS Words for "Thoughts and Decisions"

to reason

Verb

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to think rationally and make good judgement

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The philosopher reasoned with clarity and precision during the debate.

When faced with uncertainty, he reasons carefully before making a decision.

Grammatical Information:

intransitive

to analyze

Verb

a

æ

n

a

ə

l

y

aɪ

z

e

to examine or study something in detail in order to explain or understand it

Grammatical Information:

transitive

to concentrate

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c

k

o

ɑ

n

c

s

e

ə

n

t

r

a

eɪ

t

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to focus one's all attention on something specific

Grammatical Information:

intransitive

to consider

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c

k

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n

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ɪ

d

e

ɜ

r

to think about something carefully before making a decision or forming an opinion

Grammatical Information:

transitive

to suppose

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s

u

ə

pp

p

o

oʊ

s

z

e

to think or believe that something is possible or true, without being sure

Grammatical Information:

transitive

to remember

Verb

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ɪ

m

e

ɛ

m

b

e

ə

r

to bring a type of information from the past to our mind again

forget

Grammatical Information:

transitive

to recall

Verb

/ˈɹiˌkɔɫ/, /ɹɪˈkɔɫ/

to bring back something from the memory

forget

Grammatical Information:

transitive

to recollect

Verb

/ˌɹɛkəˈɫɛkt/, /ˌɹikəˈɫɛkt/

to bring to mind past memories or experiences

forget

Grammatical Information:

transitive

to memorize

Verb

m

e

ɛ

m

o

ɜ

r

i

aɪ

z

e

to repeat something until it is kept in one's memory

Grammatical Information:

transitive

to ignore

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i

ɪ

g

n

o

ɔ

r

e

to intentionally pay no or little attention to someone or something

Grammatical Information:

transitive

to decide

Verb

d

e

ɪ

c

s

i

aɪ

d

e

to think carefully about different things and choose one of them

Grammatical Information:

transitive

to choose

Verb

ch

ʧ

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s

z

e

to decide what we want to have or what is best for us from a group of options

Grammatical Information:

intransitive

to select

Verb

s

e

ə

l

e

ɛ

c

k

t

to choose someone or something from a group of people or things

Grammatical Information:

transitive

to pick

Verb

p

i

ɪ

ck

k

to choose someone or something out of a group of people or things

Grammatical Information:

transitive

to prefer

Verb

p

r

e

ə

f

e

ɜ

r

to want or choose one person or thing instead of another because of liking them more

Grammatical Information:

transitive

to think

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th

θ

i

ɪ

n

k

to have a type of belief or idea about a person or thing

Grammatical Information:

transitive

to imagine

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ɪ

m

a

æ

g

ʤ

i

ə

n

e

to make or have an image of something in our mind

Grammatical Information:

transitive

to guess

Verb

g

ue

ɛ

ss

s

to estimate or form a conclusion about something without sufficient information to verify its accuracy

Grammatical Information:

transitive

to overthink

Verb

/ˌoʊvɚθˈɪŋk/

to think too much about something, often making it more complicated than it needs to be

Grammatical Information:

intransitive

to assume

Verb

a

ə

ss

s

u

m

e

to think that something is true without having proof or evidence

Grammatical Information:

transitive

to dismiss

Verb

d

i

ɪ

s

m

i

ɪ

ss

s

to disregard something as unimportant or unworthy of consideration

Grammatical Information:

transitive

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