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Intuition :: Intuition (n.) Direct apprehension or cognition; immediate knowledge, as in perception or consciousness; -- distinguished from mediate knowledge, as in reasoning; as, the mind knows by intuition that black is not white, that a circle is not a square, that three are more than two, etc.; quick or ready insight or apprehension..

Fat-brained :: Fat-brained (a.) Dull of apprehension.

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

Fear :: Fear (n.) That which causes, or which is the object of, apprehension or alarm; source or occasion of terror; danger; dreadfulness..

Fear :: Fear (v. i.) To be in apprehension of evil; to be afraid; to feel anxiety on account of some expected evil.

Abstruseness :: Abstruseness (n.) The quality of being abstruse; difficulty of apprehension.

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

Preapprehension :: Preapprehension (n.) An apprehension or opinion formed before examination or knowledge.

Quail :: Quail (v. i.) To become quelled; to become cast down; to sink under trial or apprehension of danger; to lose the spirit and power of resistance; to lose heart; to give way; to shrink; to cower.

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

Knowledge :: Knowledge (v. i.) The act or state of knowing; clear perception of fact, truth, or duty; certain apprehension; familiar cognizance; cognition..

See :: See (v. i.) Figuratively: To have intellectual apprehension; to perceive; to know; to understand; to discern; -- often followed by a preposition, as through, or into..

Secure :: Secure (v. t.) To make safe; to relieve from apprehensions of, or exposure to, danger; to guard; to protect..

Serious :: Serious (a.) Hence, giving rise to apprehension; attended with danger; as, a serious injury..

Instinct :: Instinct (a.) Natural inward impulse; unconscious, involuntary, or unreasoning prompting to any mode of action, whether bodily, or mental, without a distinct apprehension of the end or object to be accomplished..

Slow-witted :: Slow-witted (a.) Dull of apprehension; not possessing quick intelligence.

Aptness :: Aptness (n.) Quickness of apprehension; readiness in learning; docility; as, an aptness to learn is more observable in some children than in others..

Error :: Error (n.) A departing or deviation from the truth; falsity; false notion; wrong opinion; mistake; misapprehension.

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..

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..

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