acumen (noun)

  • 31intelligence — noun 1) a man of great intelligence Syn: cleverness, intellect, brainpower, judgement, reasoning, acumen, wit, insight, perception 2) intelligence from our agents Syn: information …

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  • 32wit — noun 1) he needed all his wits to escape Syn: intelligence, shrewdness, astuteness, cleverness, canniness, sense, judgement, acumen, insight, brains, mind; informal nous 2) my sparkling wit Syn …

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  • 33astuteness — noun 1. intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings) • Syn: ↑shrewdness, ↑perspicacity, ↑perspicaciousness • Derivationally related forms: ↑perspicacious (for: ↑perspicaciousness), ↑ …

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  • 34enation — noun 1. line of descent traced through the maternal side of the family • Syn: ↑matrilineage, ↑cognation • Hypernyms: ↑unilateral descent 2. a natural projection or outgrowth from a plant body or organ • Syn: ↑plant process …

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  • 35perspicacity — noun 1. intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings) • Syn: ↑shrewdness, ↑astuteness, ↑perspicaciousness • Derivationally related forms: ↑perspicacious (for: ↑perspicaciousness), ↑ …

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  • 36plant process — noun a natural projection or outgrowth from a plant body or organ • Syn: ↑enation • Hypernyms: ↑process, ↑outgrowth, ↑appendage • Hyponyms: ↑podetium, ↑peristome …

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  • 37shrewdness — noun intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings) • Syn: ↑astuteness, ↑perspicacity, ↑perspicaciousness • Derivationally related forms: ↑perspicacious (for: ↑perspicaciousness), ↑ …

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  • 38Iran — /i ran , i rahn , uy ran /, n. a republic in SW Asia. 67,540,002; ab. 635,000 sq. mi. (1,644,650 sq. km). Cap.: Teheran. Formerly (until 1935), Persia. * * * Iran Introduction Iran Background: Known as Persia until 1935, Iran became an Islamic… …

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  • 39intelligence — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Capacity to learn Nouns 1. intelligence, capacity, comprehension, apprehension, understanding; parts, sagacity, [mother] wit, esprit; intelligence quotient, IQ, acuteness, shrewdness, cunning; acumen,… …

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  • 40judgment — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Act of evaluating Nouns 1. judgment, adjudication, arbitration; result, conclusion, upshot; deduction, inference, corollary (see reasoning); decision, determination, finding, opinion, ruling, verdict,… …

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