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Word: astute

astute
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  • adj marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
    Synonyms

    sharp, shrewd

    Examples
    • a smart businessman
    • an astute tenant always reads the small print in a lease
    • he was too shrewd to go along with them on a road that could lead only to their overthrow
Definitions are taken from Princeton’s WordNet 3.0, Princeton University, 2010

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