apprehension, appreciation, comprehension, hold, grasp meaning UNDERSTANDING

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hhtt21

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I confuse words apprehension, appreciation, comprehension, hold, grasp meaning understanding. Would you please help me distinguish among them.

Clearly grasp of language=understanding of language but I cannot determine if these are also identical to apprehension of language, appreciation of language, comprehension of language, hold of language?

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/apprehension

3b might fit for above case. But I think it is exactly different from 3a so I do not understand it is labelled as b.

Would you please explain?
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Would you evaluate these:

Can the italized word intended to mean grasp/understand?

1. Appreciation
of vocabulary is important for learners.
2. Apprehension
of vocabulary is important for learners.
3. Hold
of vocabulary is important for learners.
4. Conception
of vocabulary is important for learners.Thank you.
 

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None of those work. If you're talking about recognising the use and meaning of an item of vocabulary, then you could use the verb understand.

Understanding the meaning of vocabulary is important for learners.
 

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None of those work. If you're talking about recognising the use and meaning of an item of vocabulary, then you could use the verb understand.

Understanding the meaning of vocabulary is important for learners.

But does this 5 exactly works for understanding, doesn' it?

5. Grasping
the meaning of vocabulary is important for learner.

I have concluded this as a result because I saw a sentence: https://books.google.com.tr/books?i...epage&q="student's grasp of language"&f=false

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