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discerning

/dɪ'sɜrnɪŋ/

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adjective
quick to understand
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apprehensive perceptive
adjective
unobtrusively perceptive and sympathetic
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"a discerning editor"

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discreet tactful
adjective
able to make or detect effects of great subtlety; sensitive
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"discerning taste" "a discerning eye for color"

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discriminating
adjective
having or revealing keen insight and good judgment
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"a discerning critic" "a discerning reader"

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clear clear-eyed clear-sighted perspicacious prescient percipient

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undiscerning

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