choose, conclude, decide, determine, figure, name, resolve, settle (on or upon)

decree, rulecull, elect, handpick, pick, prefer, select, single (out)adjudge, adjudicate, arbitrate, find, judge, referee, rule (on), umpirechew over, cogitate, consider, contemplate, debate, deliberate, entertain, meditate, mull (over), ponder, question, ruminate, study, think (about or over), weigh

abstain, decline, refuse, reject, turn downdelay, halt, hesitate, stall, temporizeshilly-shally, vacillate, waffle, waver