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perspicacious-adjective  [pur-spi-key-shuhs]
having keen mental perception and understanding; discerning: to exhibit perspicacious judgment.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/perspicacious

While she was an extremely perspicacious person, she was only seven and so did not pick up on the fact that her parents were going to get a divorce soon even though they fought all the time.

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