Lesson 4

Question 1

Acumen

Answer 1

Quickness and keeness of insight or judgement (noun)

Question 2

Ascertain

Answer 2

To discover or determine certainty, especially with examination or experimentation (verb)
Ascertainable (adj)

Question 3

Cerebral

Answer 3

A. Of or relating to the brain
B. Appealing to or requiring the use of intellect; intellectual (adj)
Cerebelum (noun)

Question 4

Faculty

Answer 4

A. A natural power or ability

B. A division of a university or a group of teachers (noun)

Question 5

Obfuscate

Answer 5

A. To make difficult to understand
B. To darken; to make dim or difficult to see (verb)
Obfuscation (noun)

Question 6

Ruminate

Answer 6

A. To think deeply about; to turn a matter over and over in one’s mind
B. To chew cud, or partially digested food (noun)
Rumination (noun)

Question 7

Stymie

Answer 7

To prevent from making progress; to frusturate or thwart efforts(verb)

Question 8

Surmise

Answer 8

A. To guess; to draw a conclusion without sufficent evidence (verb)
B. A guess; a conclusion drawn without sufficent evidence (noun)

Question 9

Tenet

Answer 9

A principle or belief held by a person or organization (noun)

Question 10

Abtruse

Answer 10

Difficult to understand
(Adj)
Abtruseness (noun)