16
knowledge(noun, literature, understanding, information, ability)
14
scholarship(noun, study, ability, discipline, education)
8
education(noun, literature, study, understanding, information)
6
erudition(noun, study, knowledge, discipline, improvement)
6
refinement(noun, study, understanding, ability, discipline)
6
exercitation
6
learning(noun, study, understanding, ability, discipline)
4
cultivation(noun, literature, study, understanding, information)
4
background(noun, study, knowledge, ability, discipline)
4
bookishness(knowledge, refinement, education, savvy, learnedness)
4
enlightenment(noun, study, information, knowledge, discipline)
4
learnedness(study, knowledge, discipline, improvement, education)
4
proficiency(noun, knowledge, ability, savvy)
3
instruction(study, understanding, information, discipline, wisdom)
2
culture(noun, study, understanding, knowledge, discipline)
2
ability(noun, education)
2
articulacy(noun, knowledge, ability, savvy)
2
articulateness(noun, knowledge, ability, savvy)
2
awareness(understanding, information, wisdom, explanation, illumination)
2
book learning(expression, study, discipline, improvement, instruction)
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