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Appreciation

A just valuation or estimate of merit, worth, weight, etc.; recognition of excellence.

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Adoration 76% connected

The act of playing honor to a divine being; the worship paid to God; the act of addressing as a god.

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Connoisseurship 76% connected

State of being a connoisseur.

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Culture 76% connected

The act or practice of cultivating, or of preparing the earth for seed and raising crops by tillage; as, the culture of the soil.

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Delicacy 76% connected

The state or condition of being delicate; agreeableness to the senses; delightfulness; as, delicacy of flavor, of odor, and the like.

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Discretion 76% connected

Disjunction; separation.

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Glorification 76% connected

The act of glorifyng or of giving glory to.

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Idealization 76% connected

The act or process of idealizing.

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Sense 76% connected

A faculty, possessed by animals, of perceiving external objects by means of impressions made upon certain organs (sensory or sense organs) of the bod…

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Style 76% connected

An instrument used by the ancients in writing on tablets covered with wax, having one of its ends sharp, and the other blunt, and somewhat expanded,…

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Trend 76% connected

To have a particular direction; to run; to stretch; to tend; as, the shore of the sea trends to the southwest.

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Vertu 76% connected

Virtue; power. See Virtue.

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Virtu 76% connected

A love of the fine arts; a taste for curiosities.

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Vogue 76% connected

The way or fashion of people at any particular time; temporary mode, custom, or practice; popular reception for the time; -- used now generally in th…

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Apprehension 76% connected

The act of seizing or taking hold of; seizure; as, the hand is an organ of apprehension.

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Approval 76% connected

Approbation; sanction.

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Approving 76% connected

of Approve

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Blessing 76% connected

of Bless

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Discernment 76% connected

The act of discerning.

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Discrimination 76% connected

The act of discriminating, distinguishing, or noting and marking differences.

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Increase 76% connected

To become greater or more in size, quantity, number, degree, value, intensity, power, authority, reputation, wealth; to grow; to augment; to advance;…

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Secernment 76% connected

The act or process of secreting.

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Thanks 76% connected

of Thank

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Understanding 76% connected

of Understand

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Tasteful 66% connected

Having a high relish; savory.

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Tasteful 66% connected

Having a high relish; savory.

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Tasteless 66% connected

Having no taste; insipid; flat; as, tasteless fruit.

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Tasteless 66% connected

Having no taste; insipid; flat; as, tasteless fruit.

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Synonym 5

Admiration 92% connected

Wonder; astonishment.

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Discernment 92% connected

The act of discerning.

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Grasp 92% connected

To seize and hold by clasping or embracing with the fingers or arms; to catch to take possession of.

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Hold 92% connected

The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.

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Taste 92% connected

To try by the touch; to handle; as, to taste a bow.

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Depreciation 94% connected

The act of lessening, or seeking to lessen, price, value, or reputation.

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Depreciation 94% connected

The act of lessening, or seeking to lessen, price, value, or reputation.

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