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Adjective: semiliterate  ,se-mee'li-tu-rut
  1. Literate but poorly informed
     
  2. Barely able to read and write
    "an semiliterate scrawl"
     
  3. Able to read but not to write

See also: educated, illiterate

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semilunar
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