astute
B2CEFR level
55/100Rarity: uncommon
NeutralRegister
General adjective
Having or showing an ability to assess situations shrewdly and act to advantage.
An astute investor, she sold the shares just before the market collapsed.
Business adjective
Sharp in perception and quick to turn situations to advantage.
An astute negotiator, he read the room and adjusted his ask in real time.
Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.
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