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Acumen
is a GRE word you need to know.
So is beneficent. Does it mean:
| scolding, nagging, bad-tempered woman |
| doing good, conferring benefits; kind in action or purpose |
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- Turning a life into a livelihood requires more than talent and business acumen.
- You aren't getting anywhere near that degree without some statistics acumen.
- Certainly he had a rare combination of charm, intelligence and political acumen.
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acumen
1530s, from L. acumen "a point, sting," hence "sharpness, shrewdness," from acuere "to sharpen" (see acuity).
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