unlock, absorb, take in, realize, ascertain, come away with, pinpoint, conceptualize, grasp (an idea), make sense of, catch on, crack the code, set something apart, comprehend, get the picture

fit, frame, conceive, attribute, emphasize, size up, dub, synthesize, decipher, reframe, translate, interpret, reinterpret, conceptualize, construe, process (information), form a perspective, chalk up, treat (a challenge as trivial)

shape, infer, size up, piece together, synthesize, deliberate, consider, puzzle out, contextualize, look into, reorient, postulate, process (information), sort out (impressions), orient (one's approach), figure in/out, think over, put together, put forth (a theory), run through/over, reinterpret (facts/events)