Thesaurus / acumen
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Moreover, he held strong views on men and movements, and his criticisms told of a man of more than ordinary intellectual acumen.
THE EVERLASTING ARMSJOSEPH HOCKINGIt did not seem at all likely that a man of Mr. Bidlake's experience and mental acumen could have been so deceived.
THE EVERLASTING ARMSJOSEPH HOCKINGThis intellectual subtlety, acumen, and logical power the Brahmans never lost.
BEACON LIGHTS OF HISTORY, VOLUME IJOHN LORDThis covers up also a good deal of business acumen, shrewdness, and secretiveness which is not so childlike and bland.
YOU NEVER KNOW YOUR LUCK, COMPLETEGILBERT PARKERShe admired the acumen that had seized the perfect opportunity to thank her for the violets, the badge of the Great Emperor.
WHEN VALMOND CAME TO PONTIAC, COMPLETEGILBERT PARKERThe acumen displayed at these conventions is profound and impressive.
AS A CHINAMAN SAW USANONYMOUSThe world may be wanting in scientific knowledge and acumen, but it will never submit to dictatorial science.
BRITISH QUARTERLY REVIEW, AMERICAN EDITION, VOLUME LIVVARIOUSThis you are asked to believe on the basis of the professed or assumed acumen of the critics!
THE TESTIMONY OF THE BIBLE CONCERNING THE ASSUMPTIONS OF DESTRUCTIVE CRITICISMS. E. WISHARDHe glanced specially at Rose Euclid, who with an air of deep business acumen returned the glance.
THE REGENTE. ARNOLD BENNETTAs a mere exhibition of dialectical acumen, minute distinctions, and logical precision in the use of words, it was wonderful.
BEACON LIGHTS OF HISTORY, VOLUME VJOHN LORDWORDS RELATED TO ACUMEN
- acumen
- attention
- calculation
- canniness
- care
- carefulness
- chariness
- circumspection
- concern
- considerateness
- consideration
- deliberation
- diplomacy
- discernment
- discrimination
- foresight
- forethought
- good sense
- gumption
- heed
- heedfulness
- judiciousness
- maturity
- observation
- perspicacity
- precaution
- presence of mind
- providence
- prudence
- responsibility
- sagacity
- sense
- shrewdness
- solicitude
- tact
- thoughtfulness
- vigilance
- wariness
- warning
- watchfulness
- wisdom
- acumen
- acuteness
- alterity
- analysis
- characteristic
- clearness
- contrast
- diagnosis
- difference
- differential
- discernment
- discrepancy
- discreteness
- discretion
- discrimination
- dissemblance
- dissimilarity
- dissimilitude
- divergence
- divergency
- division
- earmark
- estimation
- individuality
- judgment
- mark
- marking
- nicety
- otherness
- particularity
- peculiarity
- penetration
- perception
- qualification
- quality
- refinement
- sensitivity
- separation
- sharpness
- tact
- unlikeness
- ability
- accomplishment
- acumen
- acuteness
- aptitude
- aptness
- astuteness
- bent
- brain
- brilliance
- capability
- capacity
- creativity
- discernment
- endowment
- expertise
- faculty
- flair
- grasp
- head
- imagination
- inclination
- ingenuity
- inspiration
- intelligence
- inventiveness
- knack
- maturity
- originality
- percipience
- perspicacity
- power
- precocity
- prodigy
- propensity
- prowess
- reach
- sagacity
- talent
- understanding
- virtuosity
- wisdom
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