Legal Jargon And Terminology

adjective having or showing an ability to accurately assess situations or people and turn this to one's advantage

• The astute businessman was able to predict market trends with remarkable accuracy.
• She's so astute, she can always tell when someone is lying.
• That dude is seriously astute when it comes to picking winning stocks.
• Her astute observations cut through the noise and revealed the truth hidden beneath the surface.

noun useless or discarded objects; odds and ends

• The beach was littered with flotsam and jetsam after the storm.
• There was all sorts of flotsam and jetsam washed up on the shore.
• I can't believe the amount of flotsam and jetsam we found on our beach clean-up.
• In the sea of information online, it's hard to sift through the flotsam and jetsam to find the truth.