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Ken

ken

<rhymes with men>

awareness; comprehension; vision

The limit of your knowledge or understanding.

Calculus is beyond my ken.

The explanation was beyond my ken. I did not understand it.

Remember: Ken reminds of can.
What you CAN understand.

Used at work:
Doing computer programming is above my ken.

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