"Acumen" is a word in ENGLISH
Quickness of perception or discernment; penetration of
mind; the faculty of nice discrimination.
Despite my firm convictions, I have always been a man who tries to face facts, and to accept the reality of life as new experience and new knowledge unfolds. I have always kept an open mind, a flexibility that must go hand in hand with every form of the intelligent search for truth.
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Pigs don't look very smart to me. Sure, they are. You ever see a sow try to make a silk purse out of a farmer's ear?
Having a clear understanding; quick of perception; intelligent.
Read the complete definitionQuick of perception; alert; sharp.
Read the complete definitionA short, hurried view; a transitory or fragmentary perception; a quick sight.
Read the complete definitionDirect apprehension or cognition; immediate knowledge, as in perception or consciousness; -- distinguished from \"mediate\" knowledge, as in reasoning; as, …
Read the complete definitionSensitive; perceptive in a high degree; ready; as, a quick ear.
Read the complete definitionAcuteness of perception; keen sensibility.
Read the complete definitionNot slow or hesitating; quick in action or perception of any kind; dexterous; prompt; easy; expert; as, a ready apprehension; …
Read the complete definitionHence, of quick intellectual perceptions; of keen penetration and judgment; discerning and judicious; knowing; far-sighted; shrewd; sage; wise; as, a …
Read the complete definitionOf quick sense perceptions; keen-scented; skilled in following a trail.
Read the complete definitionThe quality of being sagacious; quickness or acuteness of sense perceptions; keenness of discernment or penetration with soundness of judgment; …
Read the complete definitionOf keen perception; quick to discern or distinguish; having nice discrimination; acute; penetrating; sagacious; clever; as, a sharp eye; sharp …
Read the complete definitionTo render more quick or acute in perception; to make more ready or ingenious.
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