Apprehensive and Perceptive

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Apprehensive adjective - Quick to understand.

Usage example: "a kind and apprehensive friend"- Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Perceptive and apprehensive are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Perceptive" instead an adjective "Apprehensive".

Perceptive adjective - Having the ability to perceive or understand; keen in discernment.

Usage example: a perceptive eye

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Apprehensive and perceptive are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Apprehensive" instead an adjective "Perceptive".

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