acquainted with

ac·quaint·ed

[uh-kweyn-tid]
adjective
1.
having personal knowledge as a result of study, experience, etc.; informed (usually followed by with ): to be acquainted with law.
2.
brought into social contact; made familiar: people acquainted through mutual friends.

Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English; see acquaint, -ed2

ac·quaint·ed·ness, noun
half-ac·quaint·ed, adjective
qua·si-ac·quaint·ed, adjective
un·ac·quaint·ed, adjective
well-ac·quaint·ed, adjective
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acquainted (əˈkweɪntɪd) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
1.  (sometimes foll by with) on terms of familiarity but not intimacy
2.  (foll by with) having knowledge or experience (of); familiar (with)

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Acquainted with is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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Word Origin & History

acquainted
early 14c., "personally known;" see acquaint. Of skills, situations, etc., from late 15c.
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