Lesson 4 Thought and Judgment Thought and judgment

Lesson 4 Thought and Judgment Thought and judgment are central to our lives. Our language reflects this in such common expressions as “to have second thoughts, ” ”think the matter over, ” ”sit in judgment, ” and “reserve judgment. ” This lesson presents words that deal with the human thought process.

1. Abstruse Part of Speech Definition Sentence adjective Difficult to understand The undergraduate students had trouble following the professor’s abstruse explanation.

2. Acumen Part of Speech Definition Sentence noun Quickness and keenness of insight or judgment Her fashion sense and business acumen allowed her to build a multimillion dollar company.

3. Ascertain Part of Speech Definition Sentence verb to discover or determine with certainty Through fingerprint analysis, the police officer was able to ascertain that the suspect in custody had committed the crime.

4. Cerebral Part of Speech Definition Sentence adjective a. Of or relating to a. Cerebral the brain swelling can b. Appealing to or result in requiring the use permanent brain of intellect; damage intellectual b. Playing chess is a cerebral activity requiring much strategy.

5. Faculty Part of Speech Definition Sentence noun a. A natural power or ability b. A division of a university or a group of teachers a. Human beings have the faculties of speech and reasoning b. The university’s music faculty includes some famous composers

6. Obfuscate Part of Speech Definition Sentence verb a) To make a) The teacher’s difficult to complicated understand explanation b) To darken; to obfuscated a make dim or simple difficult to see concept b) The mist obfuscated the nearby rowboat

7. Ruminate Part of Speech Definition Sentence verb a. To think deeply a. I ruminated for about; to turn a hours about the matter over and meaning of the over in one’s poem mind b. Animals that eat b. To chew cud, or grass and plants partially digested must ruminate in food order to fully digest their food

8. Stymie Part of Speech Definition Sentence verb To prevent from making progress; to frustrate or thwart efforts The developing country’s inadequate roads have stymied its efforts to modernize

9. Surmise Part of Speech Definition Sentence a) verb b) noun a) a) To guess; to draw a conclusion without sufficient evidence b) A guess; a a) conclusion drawn without sufficient evidence Looking around the half empty room, the manager surmised that there must be a flu epidemic at the company Napoleon’s surmise that he could conquer Russia proved disastrous, as thousands of his troops died during Russia’s harsh winter

10. Tenet Part of Speech Definition Sentence Noun A principle or belief The right of citizens held by a person or to choose leaders an organization is a central tenet of democracy

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Lesson 4 Thought and Judgment Turn to page 26. Solve ‘Find the Example’.