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One who is able to memorize something easily and quickly or is able to understand and deal with something easily and successfully.
mandarin
# A member of any of the nine ranks of high public officials in the Chinese Empire.
# A high government official or bureaucrat.
# A member of an elite group, especially a person having influence or high status in intellectual or cultural circles.
quotidian

\kwō-ˈti-dē-ən\
1: occurring every day <quotidian fever>
2 a: belonging to each day : everyday <quotidian routine> b: commonplace, ordinary <quotidian drabness>
imbroglio

\im-ˈbrōl-(ˌ)yō\
1: a confused mass2 a: an intricate or complicated situation (as in a drama or novel) b: an acutely painful or embarrassing misunderstanding c: a violently confused or bitterly complicated altercation
brio

\ˈbrē-(ˌ)ō\
: enthusiastic vigor : vivacity, verve
whippersnapper
: a diminutive, insignificant, or presumptuous person
fecund

\ˈfe-kənd, ˈfē-\
1 : fruitful in offspring or vegetation : prolific
2 : intellectually productive or inventive to a marked degree <a fecund imagination>
neologism
1 : a new word, usage, or expression 2 : a meaningless word coined by a psychotic
auteur (ō-ˈtər)
1: a film director whose practice accords with the auteur theory; broadly : director c

2: an artist (as a musician or writer) whose style and practice are distinctive
hellcat
a violently temperamental person; especially : an ill-tempered woman
prescience
: foreknowledge of events: a: divine omniscience b: human anticipation of the course of events : foresight
roundly
1 a: in a complete or thorough manner : thoroughly <roundly disliked> <roundly satisfying> b: by nearly everyone : widely <roundly praised>

2: in a plainspoken manner : bluntly <told them roundly they would get no help>

3: with vigor or asperity <roundly attacked the plan>
ineffable
1 a: incapable of being expressed in words : indescribable <ineffable joy> b: unspeakable <ineffable disgust>
2: not to be uttered : taboo <the ineffable name of Jehovah>
doyen
1 a: the senior member of a body or group b: a person considered to be knowledgeable or uniquely skilled as a result of long experience in some field of endeavor

2: the oldest example of a category
paean
1 : a joyous song or hymn of praise, tribute, thanksgiving, or triumph

2 : a work that praises or honors its subject : encomium, tribute
salVO
2: something suggestive of a salvo: as a: a sudden burst <a salvo of cheers> b: a spirited attack <the first salvo of a political campaign>
inimical
1: being adverse often by reason of hostility or malevolence <forces inimical to democracy>

2 a: having the disposition of an enemy : hostile <inimical factions> b: reflecting or indicating hostility : unfriendly <his father's inimical glare>
pusillanimous
lacking courage and resolution : marked by contemptible timidity
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