n. unusual mental ability

n. a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted; "a glare of sunlight"

n. the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand; "for magnificence and personal service there is the Queen's hotel"; "his `Hamlet' lacks the brilliance that one expects"; "it is the university that gives the scene its stately splendor"; "an imaginative mix of old-fashioned grandeur and colorful art"; "advertisers capitalize on the grandness and elegance it brings to their products"

n. the power to learn or retain knowledge; in law, the ability to understand the facts and significance of your behavior

n. one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind

n. the inherent capacity for coming into being

n. shrewdness shown by keen insight

n. ability to apply knowledge or experience or understanding or common sense and insight

n. the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations

n. clear or deep perception of a situation

n. more than ordinary ability

n. skill in an occupation or trade

n. skillfulness by virtue of possessing special knowledge

n. the quality of having great facility and competence

n. exceptional creative ability

n. a special way of doing something; "he had a bent for it"; "he had a special knack for getting into trouble"; "he couldn't get the hang of it"

n. great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity; "a good command of French"

n. natural abilities or qualities

n. a practical method or art applied to some particular task

n. technical skill or fluency or style exhibited by a virtuoso

n. inborn pattern of behavior often responsive to specific stimuli; "the spawning instinct in salmon"; "altruistic instincts in social animals"

n. possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done; "danger heightened his powers of discrimination"

n. a natural talent; "he has a flair for mathematics"; "he has a genius for interior decorating"

n. the faculty through which the external world is apprehended; "in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing"

n. brilliant radiant beauty; "the glory of the sunrise"

n. an appearance of reflected light

n. the visual property of something that shines with reflected light

n. an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint

n. impressiveness in scale or proportion

n. brilliant radiant beauty; "the glory of the sunrise"

n. lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity

n. the qualities that give pleasure to the senses

n. the quality of arousing interest; being attractive or something that attracts; "her personality held a strange attraction for him"

n. attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates; "his smile was part of his appeal to her"

n. a poor ability to understand or to profit from experience

n. having a drab or dowdy quality; lacking stylishness or elegance

n. inability of a part or organ to function properly

n. the quality of being slow to understand

n. a person who is not very bright; "The economy, stupid!"