discerning

adj 1: having or revealing keen insight and good judgment; "a

discerning critic"; "a discerning reader" [ant: {undiscerning}]

2: unobtrusively perceptive and sympathetic; "a discerning

editor"; "a discreet silence" [syn: {discreet}]

3: quick to understand; "a kind and apprehensive friend"-

Nathaniel Hawthorne [syn: {apprehensive}]

4: able to make or detect effects of great subtlety; sensitive;

"discerning taste"; "a fine eye for color" [syn: {fine}]