GRE Word List

APPREHENSIVE

viewing the future with anxiety or alarm : feeling or showing fear or apprehension about the future

The meaning of the word apprehensive is viewing the future with anxiety or alarm : feeling or showing fear or apprehension about the future.

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pusillanimouslacking courage and resolution : marked by contemptible timidity
climacticof, relating to, or constituting a climax
embroiderto ornament with needlework
valedictionan act of bidding farewell
pedantone who is unimaginative or who unduly emphasizes minutiae in the presentation or use of knowledge
flashylacking in substance or flavor : insipid
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temporalof or relating to time as opposed to eternity
bugabooan imaginary object of fear
objectiveexpressing or dealing with facts or conditions as perceived without distortion by personal feelings, prejudices, or interpretations