(v)guess, venture, pretend, hazardput forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation“I am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again”, “I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong”
(v)profess, pretendstate insincerely“He professed innocence but later admitted his guilt”, “She pretended not to have known the suicide bomber”, “She pretends to be an expert on wine”