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Aptitude

A natural or acquired disposition or capacity for a particular purpose, or tendency to a particular action or effect; as, oil has an aptitude to burn.

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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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Capability 76% connected

The quality of being capable; capacity; capableness; esp. intellectual power or ability.

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Capableness 76% connected

The quality or state of being capable; capability; adequateness; competency.

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Instinct 76% connected

Urged or stimulated from within; naturally moved or impelled; imbued; animated; alive; quick; as, birds instinct with life.

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Potentiality 76% connected

The quality or state of being potential; possibility, not actuality; inherent capability or disposition, not actually exhibited.

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Cognition noun · 86% connection

the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning

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Cognitive content noun · 86% connection

the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned

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Cognitive factor noun · 86% connection

something immaterial (as a circumstance or influence) that contributes to producing a result

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Cognitive operation noun · 86% connection

(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents; "the process of thinking…

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Cognitive process noun · 86% connection

(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents; "the process of thinking…

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Condensation noun · 86% connection

(psychoanalysis) an unconscious process whereby two ideas or images combine into a single symbol; especially in dreams

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Deciding noun · 86% connection

the cognitive process of reaching a decision; "a good executive must be good at decision making"

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Ego noun · 86% connection

(psychoanalysis) the conscious mind

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Episteme noun · 86% connection

the body of ideas that determine the knowledge that is intellectually certain at any particular time

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General knowledge noun · 86% connection

knowledge that is available to anyone

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Invalidation noun · 86% connection

when a person's thoughts and feelings are rejected, ignored, or judged.; "Invalidation is emotionally upsetting for anyone, but partic…

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Knowledge noun · 86% connection

the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning

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Lexis noun · 86% connection

all of the words in a language; all word forms having meaning or grammatical function

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Mental attitude noun · 86% connection

a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways; "he had the attitude that wo…

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Mental lexicon noun · 86% connection

a language user's knowledge of words

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Mental object noun · 86% connection

the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned

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Mental process noun · 86% connection

(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents; "the process of thinking…

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Noesis noun · 86% connection

the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning

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Absorptive adjective · 78% connection

Having power, capacity, or tendency to absorb or imbibe.

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Acquired immunity noun · 78% connection

immunity to a particular disease that is not innate but has been acquired during life; immunity can be acquired by the development of…

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Adjunct noun · 78% connection

A quality or property of the body or the mind, whether natural or acquired; as, color, in the body, judgment in the mind.

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Affection noun · 78% connection

Bent of mind; a feeling or natural impulse or natural impulse acting upon and swaying the mind; any emotion; as, the benevolent affect…

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Astatic adjective · 78% connection

Having little or no tendency to take a fixed or definite position or direction: thus, a suspended magnetic needle, when rendered astat…

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Bent verb · 78% connection

A leaning or bias; proclivity; tendency of mind; inclination; disposition; purpose; aim.

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Birth noun · 78% connection

The condition to which a person is born; natural state or position; inherited disposition or tendency.

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Burn verb · 78% connection

To perfect or improve by fire or heat; to submit to the action of fire or heat for some economic purpose; to destroy or change some pr…

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Capacity noun · 78% connection

capability to perform or produce; "among his gifts is his capacity for true altruism"; "limited runway capacity"; "a great capacity fo…

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Cyanogen noun · 78% connection

A colorless, inflammable, poisonous gas, C2N2, with a peach-blossom odor, so called from its tendency to form blue compounds; obtained…

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Deflagrate verb · 78% connection

To cause to burn with sudden and sparkling combustion, as by the action of intense heat; to burn or vaporize suddenly; as, to deflagra…

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Degree noun · 78% connection

the seriousness of something (e.g., a burn or crime); "murder in the second degree"; "a second degree burn"

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Diffusivity noun · 78% connection

Tendency to become diffused; tendency, as of heat, to become equalized by spreading through a conducting medium.

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