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Discerning

of Discern

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Clear 84% connected

Free from opaqueness; transparent; bright; light; luminous; unclouded.

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Clear 84% connected

Free from opaqueness; transparent; bright; light; luminous; unclouded.

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Clear-sighted 84% connected

Seeing with clearness; discerning; as, clear-sighted reason

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Clear-sighted 84% connected

Seeing with clearness; discerning; as, clear-sighted reason

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Discriminating 84% connected

of Discriminate

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Discriminating 84% connected

of Discriminate

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Perceptive 84% connected

Of or pertaining to the act or power of perceiving; having the faculty or power of perceiving; used in perception.

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Perceptive 84% connected

Of or pertaining to the act or power of perceiving; having the faculty or power of perceiving; used in perception.

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Percipient 84% connected

Having the faculty of perception; perceiving; as, a percipient being.

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Percipient 84% connected

Having the faculty of perception; perceiving; as, a percipient being.

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Perspicacious 84% connected

Having the power of seeing clearly; quick-sighted; sharp of sight.

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Perspicacious 84% connected

Having the power of seeing clearly; quick-sighted; sharp of sight.

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Prescient 84% connected

Having knowledge of coming events; foreseeing; conscious beforehand.

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Prescient 84% connected

Having knowledge of coming events; foreseeing; conscious beforehand.

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Critical 66% connected

Qualified to criticise, or pass judgment upon, literary or artistic productions.

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Critical 66% connected

Qualified to criticise, or pass judgment upon, literary or artistic productions.

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Apprehensive 92% connected

Capable of apprehending, or quick to do so; apt; discerning.

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Discreet 92% connected

Possessed of discernment, especially in avoiding error or evil, and in the adaptation of means to ends; prudent; sagacious; judicious; not rash or he…

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