Ability and Literacy

Ability

Ability noun - The physical or mental power to do something.

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Literacy and ability are semantically related in education topic. In some cases you can use "Literacy" instead a noun "Ability".

Nearby Word: able

Literacy noun - The understanding and information gained from being educated.

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Ability and literacy are semantically related in education topic. Sometimes you can use "Ability" instead a noun "Literacy".

Nearby Words: literature, literate

high	high ability	high literacy
rare	rare ability	rare literacy
musical	musical ability	musical literacy
normal	normal ability	normal literacy
Other adjectives: poor, new, basic.

The current list of Minmax's sacrificed skills includes starting fires, literacy, the ability to rhyme on purpose, the ability to wink, and even the skill to dress himself.

Source: Sacrificed Basic Skill for Awesome Training
There is also an archetype (variation) of the Druid class available for humans called Feral Child, which, in addition to letting you talk to the animals that raised you, trades literacy and the ability to shapeshift for some ranger and barbarian abilities.

Source: Raised by Wolves
Reflected mechanically in that a mage may only take one dot of the relevant language merit, which corresponds to a bare minimum of functional literacy and the ability to have a basic conversation only with great effort.

Source: Tabletop Game / Mage: The Awakening

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