GRE Word List

APPREHEND

arrest

The meaning of the word apprehend is arrest.

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crochetneedlework consisting of the interlocking of looped stitches formed with a single thread and a hooked needle
etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language
heedlessnot taking heed : inconsiderate
indigentsuffering from extreme poverty : impoverished
contentiona point advanced or maintained in a debate or argument
cupidityinordinate desire for wealth : avarice
emancipateto free from restraint, control, or the power of another
dormera window set vertically in a structure projecting through a sloping roof
abateto decrease in force or intensity
dazeto stupefy especially by a blow : stun