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Pedantic

Characterized by a narrow, often ostentatious concern for book learning and formal rules: a pedantic attention to details.

Grok

To grok (pronounced GRAHK) something is to understand something so well that it is fully absorbed into oneself. In Robert Heinlein's science-fiction novel of 1961, Stranger in a Strange Land, the word is Martian and literally means "to drink" but metaphorically means "to take it all in," to understand fully, or to "be at one with." Today, grok sometimes is used to include acceptance as well as comprehension - to "dig" or appreciate as well as to know.

Magnanimous

showing or suggesting a lofty and courageous spirit. 2. showing or suggesting nobility of feeling and generosity of mind.

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