Lesson 4 Flashcards

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Acumen

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Quickness and keenness of insight or judgement

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Abstruse

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Difficult to understand

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Ascertain

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

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Cerebral

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Of or relating to the brain

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Faculty

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A natural power or ability

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Obfuscate

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To make difficult to understand

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Ruminate

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To think deeply about; to turn a matter over and over in one’s mind

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Stymie

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To prevent from making progress; to frustrate or thwart efforts

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Surmise

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To guess; to draw a conclusion without sufficient evidence

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Tenet

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A principle or belief held by a person or an organization

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