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Monday, May 14, 2007

"ACUMEN"



ACUMEN
(Noun)
Meaning:
  • Keenness of Judgment.
  • Mental sharpness
  • ability to understand and reason
  • Quick thinking or insight. (See image: This word is often associated with Business.."Business Acumen"....To turn1Rs. into 100 Rs. in a day requires lot of "Business Acumen")
  • Root : Latin acumacr.gifmen, from acuere, to sharpen, from acus, needle

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

great post I really liked the image-word combination for this particular post,
could you please include some etymological details like one quoted from http://www.yourdictionary.com/index.shtml
The Greek word for "needle" is very similar, "akis."