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Pick the best substitute for the following expression:

A person, especially a young one, with exceptional abilities.

Solution

✅ Correct Option: 3

Prodigy is a person, especially a young one, with exceptional natural ability.

Intellectual: an intelligent or scholarly person, with no necessary implication of exceptional youthful talent.

Genius: a person of exceptional ability, but the word does not specifically carry the young-person sense tested here.

Mastermind: a person who plans or directs a complex activity, often a scheme; it does not mean a gifted child.

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