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Noun: acumen  u'kyoo-mun
  1. A tapering point
     
  2. Shrewdness shown by keen insight
    - insightfulness

Derived forms: acumens

See also: acuminate

Type of: astuteness, enation, perspicaciousness, perspicacity, plant process, shrewdness

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