Acumen

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. quickness of perception or discernment; penetration of mind; the faculty of nice discrimination
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Quickness of perception or discernment; penetration of mind; the faculty of nice discrimination.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Quickness of perception; the faculty of nice discrimination; mental acuteness or penetration; keenness of insight.
  • n. In botany, a tapering point. Synonyms Penetration, discernment, acuteness, sharpness, perspicacity, insight.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. shrewdness shown by keen insight
  • n. a tapering point
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    keenness    sharpness    acuteness    shrewdness    sagacity    discernment    penetration    canniness    wit    acuity   
    Rhyme
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    Neumann    Newman    Schuman    Schumann    Truman    albumin    bitumen    crewman    cumin    human   
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