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Inquisitiveness

The quality or state of being inquisitive; the disposition to seek explanation and information; curiosity to learn what is unknown; esp., uncontrolled and impertinent curiosity.

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Curiosity 76% connected

The state or quality or being curious; nicety; accuracy; exactness; elaboration.

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Judgement 76% connected

the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions

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Judgment 76% connected

The act of judging; the operation of the mind, involving comparison and discrimination, by which a knowledge of the values and relations of thins, wh…

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Perspicacity 76% connected

The state of being perspicacious; acuteness of sight or of intelligence; acute discernment.

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Wonder 76% connected

That emotion which is excited by novelty, or the presentation to the sight or mind of something new, unusual, strange, great, extraordinary, or not w…

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Prying 76% connected

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Inquisitive 74% connected

Disposed to ask questions, especially in matters which do not concern the inquirer.

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Inquisitive 74% connected

Disposed to ask questions, especially in matters which do not concern the inquirer.

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Curiousness 92% connected

Carefulness; painstaking.

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