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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restitutionan act of restoring or a condition of being restored: such as
jettisonto get rid of as superfluous or encumbering : omit or forgo as part of a plan or as the result of some other decision
aproposbeing both relevant and opportune
irasciblemarked by hot temper and easily provoked anger
cornucopiaa curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance
affluenceabundance of property : wealth
egothe self especially as contrasted with another self or the world
cursiverunning
plutocracygovernment by the wealthy
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