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Acuity
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Acuteness of perception; keenness. Sharpness of senses: acute sense of smell and taste. Acute pain
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Consummate
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a) Supremely accomplished or skilled: a consummate entertainer. b) Complete or perfect in every respect: a consummate happiness. c) complete; utter: a consummate bore. "a consummate teacher"
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Cunning
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Skillfulness in being deceptive. Skill in being tricky: a cunning lawyer, a cunning thief.
Cunningly |
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Deft
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Skillful. skill particularly using hands: a deft carpenter, a deft typist. usually has a connotation with hands.
DEFTLY, DEFTNESS |
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Endowment
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a) A natural gift or quality: she has an endowment of beautiful hair/smile. b) Funds or property donated to an institution, individual, or group as a source of income: endowment to the orphanage.
*starting to have a sexual connotation:woman's endowment (breasts) ENDOW |
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Incompetent
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not capable; not qualified: i am an incompetent accountant since i cannot add.
INCOMPETENCE; INCOMPETENTLY |
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Inept
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a) awkward or clumsy. b) Not suitable to the circumstances or occasion; inappropriate: inept comment, inept performance. c) lacking in judgment, sens or reason; foolish.
INEPTLY; INEPTNESS |
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Proficient
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Performing in a given art, skill, or branch of learning with expert correctness and facility; really skilled: Proficient in teaching; Proficient in being a language learner. Not proficient in Algebra.
PROFICIENCY; PROFICIENTLY |
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Propensity
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An innate inclination; tendency. a tendency to do something (tendency=habit): propensity to stalk people, Sam has a propensity to pick up chairs. Vicky has a natural propensity to giggle.
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