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Lesson 4: Thoughts and Judgment.

Lesson 4: Thoughts and Judgment. By: Gustavo Vizcarrondo Carlos Alfaro Eusebio Iglesias. Abstruse. Abstruse: Adjective from Latin ab -, “away from” + trudere , “ to push.” Difficult to understand. Acumen. Acumen: noun from Latin acuere , “to sharpen.”

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Lesson 4: Thoughts and Judgment.

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  1. Lesson 4: Thoughts and Judgment. By: Gustavo Vizcarrondo Carlos Alfaro Eusebio Iglesias

  2. Abstruse • Abstruse: Adjective from Latin ab-, “away from” + trudere, “to push.” • Difficult to understand.

  3. Acumen • Acumen: noun from Latin acuere, “to sharpen.” • Quickness and keenness of insight or judgment.

  4. Ascertain • Ascertain: verb from Latin ad-, “to” + cernere, “to determine.” • To discover or determine with certainty, especially through examination or experimentation.

  5. Cerebral • Cerebral: adjective from Latin cerebrum, “brain.” • A. Of or relating to the brain. • B. Appealing to or requiring the use of intellect; intellectual.

  6. Faculty • Faculty: noun from Latin facultus, “power;ability.” • A. A natural power or ability. • B. A division of a university or a group of teachers.

  7. Obfuscate • Obfuscate: verb from Latin ob-, “over” + fuscare, “to darken.” • A. To make difficult to understand. • B. To darken; to make in or difficult to see.

  8. Ruminate • Ruminate verb from Latin rumen, “throat.” • A. To think deeply about; to turn a matter over and over in one’s mind. • B. To chew cud, or partially digested food.

  9. Stymie • Stymie:verboriginunknown. • To prevent from making progress; to frustrate or thwart efforts.

  10. Surmise • Surmise: from French sur, “upon” + mettre, “to put.” • A. Verb- to guess; to draw a conclusion without sufficient evidence. • B. Noun- A guess; a conclusion without sufficient evidence.

  11. Tenet • Tenet: noun from Latin tenere, “to hold.” • A principle or belief held by a person or an organization.

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