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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WordMeaning
carnalrelating to or given to crude bodily pleasures and appetites
blunthaving an edge or point that is not sharp
antithesisthe direct opposite
reciteto repeat from memory or read aloud publicly
waverto vacillate irresolutely between choices : fluctuate in opinion, allegiance, or direction
inviolablesecure from violation or profanation
galleona heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish
solicitousmanifesting or expressing solicitude
arablefit for or used for the growing of crops
shirkto go stealthily : sneak