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61good sense — noun Common sense. Syn: mother wit, native wit …
62Aristotle: Ethics and politics — Roger Crisp ETHICS BACKGROUND AND METHOD Aristotle wrote no books on ethics. Rather, he gave lectures, the notes for which subsequently were turned by others into two books, the Nicomachean Ethics (NE) and the Eudemian Ethics (EE). There is much… …
63brain — Synonyms and related words: Vernunft, abdomen, acumen, afferent neuron, anus, appendix, autonomic nervous system, axon, bean, blind gut, blow to pieces, blow up, bowels, brains, bring down, burn to death, capacity, cecum, central nervous system,… …
64intelligence — Synonyms and related words: Vernunft, account, acquaintance, acumen, advice, alertness, announcement, apprehension, aptitude, aptness, astuteness, atua, blue book, brain, brains, briefing, brightness, broadcast journalism, bugging, bulletin,… …
65intelligence — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Capacity to learn Nouns 1. intelligence, capacity, comprehension, apprehension, understanding; parts, sagacity, [mother] wit, esprit; intelligence quotient, IQ, acuteness, shrewdness, cunning; acumen,… …
66judgment — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Act of evaluating Nouns 1. judgment, adjudication, arbitration; result, conclusion, upshot; deduction, inference, corollary (see reasoning); decision, determination, finding, opinion, ruling, verdict,… …
67Intelligence — (Roget s Thesaurus) Wisdom. < N PARAG:Intelligence >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 intelligence intelligence capacity comprehension understanding Sgm: N 1 cuteness cuteness sabe ???>* =>(U.S.) savvy ???>* =>(U.S.) …
68capacity — n. 1. Containing power, magnitude (in reference to contents), volume, dimensions, amplitude, extent of room or space. 2. Power (of apprehension), faculty, talent, genius, gift, turn, forte, parts, brains, aptness, aptitude, discernment, wit,… …
69genius — n. 1. Bent, turn, aptitude, aptness, capacity, faculty, endowment, talent, gift. 2. Invention, ingenuity, intellect, sagacity, brains, parts, wit, mother wit, inspiration, creative power, power of invention. 3. Adept, proficient, master, master… …
70gumption — noun, informal we never thought Clarence would have the gumption to stand up to the committee and actually get what he wanted Syn: initiative, resourcefulness, enterprise, ingenuity, imagination; astuteness, shrewdness, acumen, sense, common… …