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intelligence
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academic(noun, intellectual, brain, sage, intellectuals)
1
academician(noun, intellectual, brain, radical, sage)
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aristocracy(superior, best, rulling class)
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background(noun, company, place, position, circle)
1
beau monde(superior, best, rulling class)
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