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misgiving

n. painful expectation

discernment, understanding, savvy

n. the cognitive condition of someone who understands; "he has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect"

apprehensiveness, dread

n. fearful expectation or anticipation; "the student looked around the examination room with apprehension"

arrest, catch, collar, pinch, taking into custody

n. the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal); "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar"

uneasiness, disquiet, unease

n. the trait of seeming ill at ease

apprehension, apprehensiveness, dread

n. fearful expectation or anticipation; "the student looked around the examination room with apprehension"

cognition, knowledge

n. the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning

familiarity, acquaintance, conversance, conversancy

n. personal knowledge or information about someone or something

data

n. a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn; "statistical data"

information, info

n. a message received and understood

enlightenment

n. education that results in understanding and the spread of knowledge

culture, acculturation

n. all the knowledge and values shared by a society

learning, eruditeness, erudition, learnedness, scholarship

n. profound scholarly knowledge

literacy

n. the ability to read and write

preparation, grooming, training

n. activity leading to skilled behavior

schooling

n. the training of an animal (especially the training of a horse for dressage)

steering, guidance, direction

n. the act of setting and holding a course; "a new council was installed under the direction of the king"

wisdom

n. accumulated knowledge or erudition or enlightenment

intelligence

n. the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience

experience

n. the content of direct observation or participation in an event; "he had a religious experience"; "he recalled the experience vividly"

intelligence, word, news, tidings

n. new information about specific and timely events; "they awaited news of the outcome"

sophistication, edification

n. uplifting enlightenment

education, instruction, teaching, pedagogy, educational activity

n. the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill; "he received no formal education"; "our instruction was carefully programmed"; "good classroom teaching is seldom rewarded"

gumption, sense, good sense, common sense, horse sense, mother wit

n. sound practical judgment; "Common sense is not so common"; "he hasn't got the sense God gave little green apples"; "fortunately she had the good sense to run away"

perspicacity, astuteness, shrewdness, perspicaciousness

n. intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings)

perception

n. the process of perceiving

sensitivity, sensitiveness

n. sensitivity to emotional feelings (of self and others)

perception, percept, perceptual experience

n. the representation of what is perceived; basic component in the formation of a concept

sympathy, understanding

n. an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion; "his sympathies were always with the underdog"; "I knew I could count on his understanding"

uneasiness, disquiet, unease

n. the trait of seeming ill at ease

apprehension, misgiving

n. painful expectation

anxiety

n. a vague unpleasant emotion that is experienced in anticipation of some (usually ill-defined) misfortune

care, concern, fear

n. an anxious feeling; "care had aged him"; "they hushed it up out of fear of public reaction"

distress, trouble, worry

n. a strong feeling of anxiety; "his worry over the prospect of being fired"; "it is not work but worry that kills"; "he wanted to die and end his troubles"

agitation

n. the feeling of being agitated; not calm

uneasiness, edginess, inquietude, disquietude

n. feelings of anxiety that make you tense and irritable

misgiving, scruple, qualm

n. uneasiness about the fitness of an action

tautness, tension, tenseness, tensity

n. the physical condition of being stretched or strained; "it places great tension on the leg muscles"; "he could feel the tenseness of her body"

uncertainty, doubt, dubiousness, doubtfulness, incertitude, dubiety

n. the state of being unsure of something

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