GRE Word List

APPREHEND

arrest

The meaning of the word apprehend is arrest.

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WordMeaning
harbora place of security and comfort : refuge
parallelextending in the same direction, everywhere equidistant (see equidistant
encumberweigh down
sunderto break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space
compassionsympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it
constituenta member of a constituency
partialof or relating to a part rather than the whole : not general or total
navigabledeep enough and wide enough to afford passage to ships
teetotalismthe principle or practice of complete abstinence from alcoholic drinks
bluffhaving a broad flattened front