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
impugnto assail by words or arguments : oppose or attack as false or lacking integrity
barristera counsel admitted to plead at the bar and undertake the public trial of causes in an English superior court compare solicitor
ultimatuma final proposition, condition, or demand
corpusclea minute particle
figurativerepresenting by a figure or resemblance : emblematic
inflateddistended with air or gas
diaphanouscharacterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through
misadventuremisfortune
allureto entice by charm or attraction
muddleto make turbid or muddy