Skill in perceiving, discriminating, or judging

• wit

  1. The natural ability to perceive and understand; intelligence.
  2. Practical intelligence; shrewdness or resourcefulness:
  3. Sound mental faculties; sanity:

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  1. The natural ability to perceive and understand; intelligence.
  2. Practical intelligence; shrewdness or resourcefulness:
  3. Sound mental faculties; sanity:

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• shrewdness

  1. The quality of being shrewd.
  2. An invented collective name for a group of apes.

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  1. The quality of being shrewd.
  2. An invented collective name for a group of apes.

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• sageness

  1. The property of being sage.

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  1. The property of being sage.

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• perspicacity

  1. Acuteness of perception, discernment, or understanding.

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  1. Acuteness of perception, discernment, or understanding.

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• percipiency

  1. The faculty, act or power of perceiving; perception.

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  1. The faculty, act or power of perceiving; perception.

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• percipience

  1. perception
  2. The state or condition of being highly perceptive, as if in an almost hypnotic or telepathic state.

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  1. perception
  2. The state or condition of being highly perceptive, as if in an almost hypnotic or telepathic state.

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• perceptiveness

  1. The state of being perceptive; acumen, discernment, insight

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  1. The state of being perceptive; acumen, discernment, insight

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• penetration

  1. The successful unauthorized breach of a security perimeter. See penetration test.

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  1. The successful unauthorized breach of a security perimeter. See penetration test.

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• nose

  1. The part of the human face or the forward part of the head of other vertebrates that contains the nostrils and organs of smell and forms the beginning of the respiratory tract.
  2. The sense of smell:
  3. The ability to detect, sense, or discover as if by smell:

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  1. The part of the human face or the forward part of the head of other vertebrates that contains the nostrils and organs of smell and forms the beginning of the respiratory tract.
  2. The sense of smell:
  3. The ability to detect, sense, or discover as if by smell:

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• keenness

  1. sharpness or cutting ability
  2. astuteness or sagacity
  3. eagerness or enthusiasm

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  1. sharpness or cutting ability
  2. astuteness or sagacity
  3. eagerness or enthusiasm

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• eye

  1. An organ of vision or of light sensitivity.
  2. Either of a pair of hollow structures located in bony sockets of the skull, functioning together or independently, each having a lens capable of focusing incident light on an internal photosensitive retina from which nerve impulses are sent to the brain; the vertebrate organ of vision.
  3. The external, visible portion of this organ together with its associated structures, especially the eyelids, eyelashes, and eyebrows.

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  1. An organ of vision or of light sensitivity.
  2. Either of a pair of hollow structures located in bony sockets of the skull, functioning together or independently, each having a lens capable of focusing incident light on an internal photosensitive retina from which nerve impulses are sent to the brain; the vertebrate organ of vision.
  3. The external, visible portion of this organ together with its associated structures, especially the eyelids, eyelashes, and eyebrows.

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• discrimination

  1. The act of discriminating.
  2. The ability or power to see or make fine distinctions; discernment.
  3. Treatment or consideration based on class or category, such as race or gender, rather than individual merit; partiality or prejudice.

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  1. The act of discriminating.
  2. The ability or power to see or make fine distinctions; discernment.
  3. Treatment or consideration based on class or category, such as race or gender, rather than individual merit; partiality or prejudice.

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• discernment

  1. The act or process of exhibiting keen insight and good judgment.
  2. Keenness of insight and judgment.

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  1. The act or process of exhibiting keen insight and good judgment.
  2. Keenness of insight and judgment.

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• clear-sightedness

  1. The property of being clearsighted.

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  1. The property of being clearsighted.

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• astuteness

  1. The quality of being astute.

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  1. The quality of being astute.

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• acumen

  1. Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight:

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  1. Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight:

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Deep, thorough, or mature understanding

• wisdom

  1. The ability to discern or judge what is true, right, or lasting; insight.
  2. Common sense; good judgment:
  3. The sum of learning through the ages; knowledge:

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  1. The ability to discern or judge what is true, right, or lasting; insight.
  2. Common sense; good judgment:
  3. The sum of learning through the ages; knowledge:

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• sapience

  1. The property of being sapient, the property of possessing or being able to possess wisdom.

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  1. The property of being sapient, the property of possessing or being able to possess wisdom.

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• sageness

  1. The property of being sage.

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  1. The property of being sage.

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• sagaciousness

  1. The state of being sagacious; an acuteness of perception or discernment.

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  1. The state of being sagacious; an acuteness of perception or discernment.

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• profundity

  1. Great intellectual insight or understanding:
  2. Intensity of feeling or conviction.
  3. Something profound or abstruse:

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  1. Great intellectual insight or understanding:
  2. Intensity of feeling or conviction.
  3. Something profound or abstruse:

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• insight

  1. The ability to discern the true nature of a situation, especially by intuition.
  2. A perception produced by this ability.

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  1. The ability to discern the true nature of a situation, especially by intuition.
  2. A perception produced by this ability.

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