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SAT Multiple Choice Questions - List 29

SAT - Flashcards - Multiple Choice Questions - SHOW ME LIST 29

Definition:

(verb) reflect deeply on a subject; "I mulled over the events of the afternoon"; "philosophers have #######d on the question of God for thousands of years"; "The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate"

(verb) to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds; "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps"

(verb) talk over conjecturally, or review in an idle or casual way and with an element of doubt or without sufficient reason to reach a conclusion; "We were speculating whether the President had to resign after the scandal"

(verb) invest at a risk; "I bought this house not because I want to live in it but to sell it later at a good price, so I am speculating"

 

** Please Select the best Word that fits the definition in the left column

OVERLORD
CONVIVIAL
IMPETUS
SPECULATE
ENCUMBER