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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..

Startle :: Startle (v. t.) To excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension; to frighten suddenly and not seriously; to alarm; to surprise..

Reprehension :: Reprehension (n.) Reproof; censure; blame; disapproval.

Dread :: Dread (n.) An object of terrified apprehension.

Conceit :: Conceit (n.) Quickness of apprehension; active imagination; lively fancy.

Reprimand :: Reprimand (n.) Severe or formal reproof; reprehension, private or public..

Tentacle :: Tentacle (n.) A more or less elongated process or organ, simple or branched, proceeding from the head or cephalic region of invertebrate animals, being either an organ of sense, prehension, or motion..

Sense :: Sense (v. t.) Perception through the intellect; apprehension; recognition; understanding; discernment; appreciation.

Understandingly :: Understandingly (adv.) In an understanding manner; intelligibly; with full knowledge or comprehension; intelligently; as, to vote upon a question understandingly; to act or judge understandingly..

Understanding :: Understanding (n.) The act of one who understands a thing, in any sense of the verb; knowledge; discernment; comprehension; interpretation; explanation..

Elude :: Elude (v. t.) To avoid slyly, by artifice, stratagem, or dexterity; to escape from in a covert manner; to mock by an unexpected escape; to baffle; as, to elude an officer; to elude detection, inquiry, search, comprehension; to elude the force of an argument or a blow..

Lest :: Lest (a.) That (without the negative particle); -- after certain expressions denoting fear or apprehension.

Tooth :: Tooth (n.) One of the hard, bony appendages which are borne on the jaws, or on other bones in the walls of the mouth or pharynx of most vertebrates, and which usually aid in the prehension and mastication of food..

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

Apprehensively :: Apprehensively (adv.) In an apprehensive manner; with apprehension of danger.

Notionally :: Notionally (adv.) In mental apprehension; in conception; not in reality.

Suspense :: Suspense (a.) The state of being suspended; specifically, a state of uncertainty and expectation, with anxiety or apprehension; indetermination; indecision; as, the suspense of a person waiting for the verdict of a jury..

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

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

Reprehensible :: Reprehensible (a.) Worthy of reprehension; culpable; censurable; blamable.

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