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Legerdemain

British pronunciation/lˈɛd‍ʒədɪmˌe‍ɪn/
American pronunciation/ˌɫɛdʒɝdəˈmeɪn/
Legerdemain
[NOUN]
1

an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers

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1Defenders of the test agree that grades are important but they also argue that it's better to have more information about an applicant especially considering that grade inflation is a lot more common in some high schools than others but with the standardized test, everyone's taking the same thing and is scored the exact same way and the testing industry claimed that the test are continually evolving to better measure relevant skills and test that students are actually learning in high school rather than whether they can remember the definition of legerdemain and perspicacity.
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