slowness+of+apprehension

  • 11ecstasy, mysticism, and hallucinations —    The term ecstasy comes from the Greek noun ekstasis, which has a variety of meanings and connotations, including departure, dismissal, mental derangement, and poignancy. In the present context it translates loosely as being outside oneself .… …

    Dictionary of Hallucinations

  • 12care — Synonyms and related words: TLC, abetment, accordance, accountability, acquittal, acquittance, adherence, administration, adverse circumstances, adversity, advertence, advertency, advocacy, aegis, affliction, agency, agentship, aggravation,… …

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  • 13detention — Synonyms and related words: afterthought, apprehension, arrest, arrestation, arrestment, bind, block, blockage, blocking, bureaucratic delay, captivity, check, clogging, close arrest, closing up, closure, confinement, constriction, cramp, custody …

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  • 14solicitude — Synonyms and related words: TLC, accommodatingness, affability, agitation, agreeableness, alarm, all overs, amenity, angst, anticipation, anxiety, anxiety hysteria, anxiety neurosis, anxious bench, anxious concern, anxious seat, anxiousness,… …

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  • 15progress — 1 noun 1 (U) the process of getting better at doing something, or getting closer to finishing or achieving something (+ of/on/towards): Nico had been candid with Stern about the progress of the investigation. | tests designed to monitor the… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English