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incisive
    intelligently analytical and clear-thinking.
    
    Source: Children of Memory - Novel by Adrian Tchaikovsky
    
    protean
    tending or able to change frequently or easily.
    
    Source: Children of Memory - Novel by Adrian Tchaikovsky
    
    protracted
    lasting for a long time or longer than expected.
    
    Source: Children of Memory - Novel by Adrian Tchaikovsky
    
    ontogeny
    the development of an individual organism or a part of an organism.
    
    Source: Children of Memory - Novel by Adrian Tchaikovsky
    
    phylogeny
    the evolutionary history of a kind of organism.
    
    Source: Children of Memory - Novel by Adrian Tchaikovsky