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  • 61intelligent — 1 Intellectual, *mental, cerebral, psychic 2 Intelligent, clever, alert, quick witted, bright, smart, knowing, brilliant are comparable when they mean mentally quick or keen. Intelligent implies greater than average power to use one s mind… …

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  • 62acute — adj 1. pointed, sharpened, peaked, cus pated, cuspidate, acuate, Botr apiculate; needle shaped; acicular, aciculate, Bot., Zool. acuminate; barbed, prickly, spinous, acanthaceous, echinate, pectinated. 2. sharp, intense, cutting, piercing,… …

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  • 63brilliant — adj 1. shining, bright, sunny, sunshiny; illuminated, alight, light, lit, lighted; white, golden, rutilant, aureate; radiant, irradiant, lambent, resplendent, beaming, beamy; dazzling, vivid, intense, ablaze, aflame, afire; fulgent, effulgent,… …

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  • 64incandescent — adj 1. alight, lit, lighted, illuminating, lambent, irradiant; sunny, sunshiny, shining, beaming, beamy; fulgid, glittering, rutilant; fulgent, effulgent, refulgent; luminous, luminescent, lumi niferous, luciferous; sparkling, twinkling, flashing …

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  • 65perspicacious — adj discerning, astute, perceptive, clear eyed, penetrating, piercing; keen, sharp, acute, quick; sharp witted, keen witted, quick witted, Inf. quick on the uptake, Sl. sharp as a tack; bright, brainy, Inf. nobody s fool. Sl. in tune, Sl. tuned… …

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  • 66sapient — adj wise, sage, sagacious, sound; sensible, rational, reasonable, knowing, intelligent; philosophical, oracular, enlightened, deep, profound; judicious, discreet, circumspect, discriminating, prudent, provident; penetrating, discerning,… …

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  • 67strong — [adj1] healthy, powerful able, ablebodied, active, athletic, big, capable, durable, enduring, energetic, firm, fixed, forceful, forcible, hale, hard as nails*, hardy, hearty, heavy, heavy duty*, in fine feather*, mighty, muscular, reinforced,… …

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  • 68Ingenious — In*gen ious, a. [L. ingeniosus, fr. ingenium innate or natural quality, natural capacity, genius: cf. F. ing[ e]nieux. See {Engine}.] 1. Possessed of genius, or the faculty of invention; skillful or promp to invent; having an aptitude to contrive …

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  • 69Penetrative — Pen e*tra*tive, a. [Cf. F. p[ e]n[ e]tratif.] 1. Tending to penetrate; of a penetrating quality; piercing; as, the penetrative sun. [1913 Webster] His look became keen and penetrative. Hawthorne. [1913 Webster] 2. Having the power to affect or… …

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  • 70John D. Rockefeller — For the Rockefeller family, see Rockefeller family. For other people named John D. Rockefeller, see John D. Rockefeller (disambiguation) …

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