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Acquirement

The act of acquiring, or that which is acquired; attainment.

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Ability 76% connected

The quality or state of being able; power to perform, whether physical, moral, intellectual, conventional, or legal; capacity; skill or competence in…

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Power 76% connected

Same as Poor, the fish.

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Craft 76% connected

Strength; might; secret power.

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Craftsmanship 76% connected

The work of a craftsman.

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Horsemanship 76% connected

The act or art of riding, and of training and managing horses; manege.

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Literacy 76% connected

State of being literate.

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Marksmanship 76% connected

Skill of a marksman.

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Mastership 76% connected

The state or office of a master.

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Seamanship 76% connected

The skill of a good seaman; the art, or skill in the art, of working a ship.

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Soldiering 76% connected

The act of serving as a soldier; the state of being a soldier; the occupation of a soldier.

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Soldiership 76% connected

Military qualities or state; martial skill; behavior becoming a soldier.

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Swordsmanship 76% connected

The state of being a swordsman; skill in the use of the sword.

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Workmanship 76% connected

The art or skill of a workman; the execution or manner of making anything.

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Learn 74% connected

To gain knowledge or information of; to ascertain by inquiry, study, or investigation; to receive instruction concerning; to fix in the mind; to acqu…

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Learn 74% connected

To gain knowledge or information of; to ascertain by inquiry, study, or investigation; to receive instruction concerning; to fix in the mind; to acqu…

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Accomplishment 92% connected

The act of accomplishing; entire performance; completion; fulfillment; as, the accomplishment of an enterprise, of a prophecy, etc.

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Acquisition 92% connected

The act or process of acquiring.

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Attainment 92% connected

The act of attaining; the act of arriving at or reaching; hence, the act of obtaining by efforts.

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Skill 92% connected

Discrimination; judgment; propriety; reason; cause.

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