GRE Word List

APPREHEND

arrest

The meaning of the word apprehend is arrest.

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diligencesteady, earnest, and energetic effort : devoted and painstaking work and application to accomplish an undertaking : assiduity
retrospectiveof, relating to, or given to retrospection
artifactsa usually simple object (such as a tool or ornament) showing human workmanship or modification as distinguished from a natural object
genuflectto bend the knee
recurrentrunning or turning back in a direction opposite to a former course
obtusenot pointed or acute : blunt
ferociousexhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality
composta mixture that consists largely of decayed organic matter and is used for fertilizing and conditioning land
homelysuggestive or characteristic of a place of residence or home
protrudeto jut out from the surrounding surface or context