S: (v) pit, oppose, match, play off (set into opposition or rivalry) "let them match their best athletes against ours"; "pit a chess player against the Russian champion"; "He plays his two children off against each other"
S: (v) react, oppose (act against or in opposition to) "She reacts negatively to everything I say"
S: (v) reject (refuse to accept or acknowledge) "I reject the idea of starting a war"; "The journal rejected the student's paper"
S: (v) evaluate, pass judgment, judge (form a critical opinion of) "I cannot judge some works of modern art"; "How do you evaluate this grant proposal?"; "We shouldn't pass judgment on other people"
S: (v) think, cogitate, cerebrate (use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments) "I've been thinking all day and getting nowhere"