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PRUDENCE |
Common sense |
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SANITY |
Common sense |
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PRAGMATIC |
Common sense |
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SOUNDNESS |
Common sense |
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COOL |
Common sense |
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NOUS |
Common sense |
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TACT |
Common sense |
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WITS |
Common sense |
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GUMPTION |
Capacity; shrewdness; common sense. |
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COMMON SENSE |
See Common sense, under Sense. |
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THOROUGHGOING |
Going all lengths; extreme; thoroughplaced; -- less
common in this sense. |
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BAN |
Notice of a proposed marriage, proclaimed in church. See Banns
(the common spelling in this sense). |
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SENSIBLE |
Possessing or containing sense or reason; giftedwith, or
characterized by, good or common sense; intelligent; wise. |
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ISSUE |
Progeny; a child or children; offspring. In law, sometimes,
in a general sense, all persons descended from a common ancestor; all
lineal descendants. |
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FOWL |
Any domesticated bird used as food, as a hen, turkey, duck;
in a more restricted sense, the common domestic cock or hen (Gallus
domesticus). |
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CLIQUE |
A narrow circle of persons associated by common
interests or for the accomplishment of a common purpose; -- generally
used in a bad sense. |
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PERDIX |
A genus of birds including the common European partridge.
Formerly the word was used in a much wider sense to include many allied
genera. |
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SACRED |
...y, in a
good sense, made holy; set apart to religious use; consecrated; not
profane or common; as, a sacred place; a sacred day; sacred service.... |
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ABSURD |
...atly
opposed to manifest truth; inconsistent with the plain dictates of
common sense; logically contradictory; nonsensical; ridiculous; as, an
... |
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PARADOX |
...on; an
assertion or sentiment seemingly contradictory, or opposed to common
sense; that which in appearance or terms is absurd, but yet may be t... |
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REASON |
...iples; that which is dictated or supported by the common
sense of mankind; right conduct; right; propriety; justice. ... |
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ULTRA- |
...sense of excessively, exceedingly, beyond what is common,
natural, right, or proper; as, ultraconservative; ultrademocratic,
ultradespotic, ultr... |
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APPURTENANCE |
... an
appendage; an accessory; something annexed to another thing more
worthy; in common parlance and legal acceptation, something belonging
to... |