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Inapprehension :: Inapprehension (n.) Want of apprehension.

Formidable :: Formidable (a.) Exciting fear or apprehension; impressing dread; adapted to excite fear and deter from approach, encounter, or undertaking; alarming..

Cognizance :: Cognizance (n.) Apprehension by the understanding; perception; observation.

Intellection :: Intellection (n.) A mental act or process; especially: (a) The act of understanding; simple apprehension of ideas; intuition. Bentley. (b) A creation of the mind itself.

Subtle :: Subtle (superl.) Characterized by refinement and niceness in drawing distinctions; nicely discriminating; -- said of persons; as, a subtle logician; refined; tenuous; sinuous; insinuating; hence, penetrative or pervasive; -- said of the mind; its faculties, or its operations; as, a subtle intellect; a subtle imagination; a subtle process of thought; also, difficult of apprehension; elusive..

Dull :: Dull (superl.) Slow of understanding; wanting readiness of apprehension; stupid; doltish; blockish.

Dread :: Dread (v. t.) To fear in a great degree; to regard, or look forward to, with terrific apprehension..

Conception :: Conception (n.) The formation in the mind of an image, idea, or notion, apprehension..

Apprehension :: Apprehension (n.) The act of seizing or taking hold of; seizure; as, the hand is an organ of apprehension..

Fear :: Fear (n.) To feel a painful apprehension of; to be afraid of; to consider or expect with emotion of alarm or solicitude.

Fearful :: Fearful (a.) Full of fear, apprehension, or alarm; afraid; frightened..

Notion :: Notion () Mental apprehension of whatever may be known or imagined; an idea; a conception; more properly, a general or universal conception, as distinguishable or definable by marks or notae..

Taking :: Taking (n.) The act of gaining possession; a seizing; seizure; apprehension.

Expect :: Expect (v. t.) To look for (mentally); to look forward to, as to something that is believed to be about to happen or come; to have a previous apprehension of, whether of good or evil; to look for with some confidence; to anticipate; -- often followed by an infinitive, sometimes by a clause (with, or without, that); as, I expect to receive wages; I expect that the troops will be defeated..

Dread :: Dread (n.) Great fear in view of impending evil; fearful apprehension of danger; anticipatory terror.

Uptake :: Uptake (n.) Understanding; apprehension.

Misapprehensively :: Misapprehensively (adv.) By, or with, misapprehension..

Fear :: Fear (n.) Apprehension of incurring, or solicitude to avoid, God's wrath; the trembling and awful reverence felt toward the Supreme Belng..

Misprision :: Misprision (n.) The act of misprising; misapprehension; misconception; mistake.

Misgive :: Misgive (v. t.) Specifically: To give doubt and apprehension to, instead of confidence and courage; to impart fear to; to make irresolute; -- usually said of the mind or heart, and followed by the objective personal pronoun..

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