Literacy and Skill

Literacy

Literacy noun - The ability to read and write.

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Skill and literacy are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Skill" instead a noun "Literacy".

Nearby Words: literature, literate

Skill noun - Subtle or imaginative ability in inventing, devising, or executing something.

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Literacy and skill are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace term "Literacy" with "Skill", this nouns are similar.

Nearby Words: skilled, skillfully, skilful, skilly

high	high literacy	high skill
rare	rare literacy	rare skill
low	low literacy	low skill
poor	poor literacy	poor skill
Other adjectives: social, new, basic.

Most people worked in jobs in which literacy wasn't necessary, which took up so much time that they didn't have the leisure time needed to pick up an unnecessary skill.

Source: Never Learned to Read
In order to be able to read and write, a barbarian must either spend two skill points on "Literacy" or take a level in another class.

Source: Never Learned to Read

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