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TermDefinition
Abstruse(adj) Difficult to understand
Acumen(n) Quickness and accuracy of judgment; keen insight; shrewdness
Ascertain(v) To discover through examination or experimentation; determine
Cerebral(adj) Characterized by thought and reason rather than emotion or action. Appealing to or marked by the workings of the intellect; Intellectually refined. Of or pertaining to the brain or cerebrum
Faculty(n) Any of the powers or capacities possess by the human mind. A special aptitude or skill. A group of teachers as distinguished from their students
Relative(adj Having a pertinence or relevance: connected; related. considered in comparison to or in relationship with something else. Dependent upon or interconnected with something else for intelligibility or significance; not absolute or independent.
Ruminate(v) To meditate at length; ponder; muse. To chew cud.
Surmise(v) To come to a conclusion about something without sufficient evidence. To make a guess or conjecture. (n) An idea or opinion based upon insufficiently conclusive evidence
Tenet(n) an opinion, doctrine or principle held as being true by a person or group.
Theoretical(adj) Of, or pertaining to, or based on conclusions reached through logical reasoning. Restricted to theory; lacking verification or practical application; hypothetical. Given to theorizing; speculative.

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Created May 15, 2008
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  1. Tenet (n) an opinion, doctrine or principle held as being true by a person or group. - 3 misses
  2. Abstruse (adj) Difficult to understand - 3 misses
  3. Acumen (n) Quickness and accuracy of judgment; keen insight; shrewdness - 2 misses
  4. Surmise (v) To come to a conclusion about something without sufficient evidence. To make a guess or conjecture. (n) An idea or opinion based upon insufficiently conclusive evidence - 2 misses
  5. Faculty (n) Any of the powers or capacities possess by the human mind. A special aptitude or skill. A group of teachers as distinguished from their students - 1 miss
  6. Theoretical (adj) Of, or pertaining to, or based on conclusions reached through logical reasoning. Restricted to theory; lacking verification or practical application; hypothetical. Given to theorizing; speculative. - 1 miss
  7. Ruminate (v) To meditate at length; ponder; muse. To chew cud. - 1 miss