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modicum

mod·i·cum [ móddikəm ]


noun 
Definition:
 
small amount: a small amount, especially of something abstract such as a quality
It only requires a modicum of common sense.

[Late 15th century. < Latin, "little way, short time," form of modicus "moderate" < modus "measure"]
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