aware
aware \*-'wa(*)r, -'we(*)r\ aj [ME iwar, fr. OE gewr, fr. ge-
(associative prefix)]+ wr wary - more at CO-, WARY archaic 1:
WATCHFUL 2: having or showing realization, perception, or knowledge AKE:
AWARE implies vigilance in observing or alertness in drawing inferences
from what one sees or hears or learns; COGNIZANT implies having special or
certain knowledge as from firsthand sources; CONSCIOUS implies having an
awareness of the present existence of something; it may suggest a
dominating realization or even preoccupation; SENSIBLE implies direct or
intuitive perceiving esp. of intangibles or of emotional states or
qualities; ALIVE adds to SENSIBLE the implication of acute sensitiveness to
something; AWAKE implies that one has become alive to something and is on
the alert - aware.ness n SYN syn COGNIZANT, CONSCIOUS, SENSIBLE, ALIVE, AW