Vocab Lesson 4

Question 1

Abstruse

Answer 1

Difficult to understand

Question 2

Acumen

Answer 2

Quickness and keenness of insight or judgement

Question 3

Ascertain

Answer 3

To discover or determine with certainty, especially through examination or experimentation

Question 4

Cerebral

Answer 4

Of or relating to the brain

Appealing to or requiring the use of intellect; intellectual

Question 5

Faculty

Answer 5

A natural power or ability

A division of a university or a group of teachers

Question 6

Obfuscate

Answer 6

To make difficult to understand

To darken; to make dim or difficult to see

Question 7

Ruminate

Answer 7

To think deeply about; to turn a matter over and over in ones mind
To chew cud, or partially digested food

Question 8

Stymie

Answer 8

To prevent from making progress;to frustrate or thwart efforts

Question 9

Surmise

Answer 9

To guess; to draw a conclusion without sufficient evidence

A guess; a conclusion drawn without sufficient evidence

Question 10

Tenet

Answer 10

A principle or belief held by a person or an organization