7
finesse(noun, taste, care, skill, class)
7
prudence(noun, control, feeling, understanding, knowledge)
7
sophistication(noun, style, understanding, knowledge, taste)
6
cognition(noun, study, understanding, power, ability)
6
comprehension(noun, concept, study, understanding, power)
6
intellect(noun, feeling, understanding, mind, grasp)
6
reason(noun, feeling, understanding, knowledge, mind)
5
awareness(noun, concept, take, study, feeling)
5
brains(noun, feeling, understanding, knowledge, mind)
5
common sense(noun, expression, control, feeling, understanding)
5
foresight(noun, concept, understanding, knowledge, view)
5
judiciousness(noun, understanding, knowledge, reason, sense)
5
perspicaciousness(noun, sense, shrewdness, practicality)
5
politeness(noun, style, taste, ability, care)
5
sageness(noun, understanding, ability, sense, judgment)
5
savoir faire(noun, expression, control, understanding, knowledge)
5
tastefulness(noun, style, taste, charm, restraint)
4
acuity(noun, understanding, understand, sense, intelligence)
4
brain(noun, understanding, ability, mind, sense)
4
breeding(noun, style, taste, restraint, class)
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