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Perspicacious 1100 Words You Need Week 23 Day 1

Perspicacious 1100 Words You Need Perspicacious 1100 Words You Need /ˌpɜː.spɪˈkeɪ.ʃəs/ (adj) quick in noticing and understanding things accurately, perceptive, astute, insightful, wise, sagacious, smart, clear-sighted, highbrow, sharp, shrewd, ingenious A born naturalist (“She even collected owl pellets. And she took them apart”), Kimmy eagerly shares her knowledge about dinosaurs and fossils on a trip to the museum—until she’s silenced by classmate Jake’s disparaging remark that “girls aren’t scientists.” No sooner does her perspicacious teacher spot her sudden change, though, than he leads her to a specimen of Gasparinisauria, a dinosaur named, she reads, in honor of paleontologist Zulma Nélida ...

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