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
actuateto put into mechanical action or motion
baffleto defeat or check (someone) by confusing or puzzling : to confuse or frustrate completely : disconcert
distractto draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time
avariceexcessive or insatiable desire for wealth or gain : greediness
panga brief piercing spasm of pain
spectralof, relating to, or suggesting a specter : ghostly
contrivedevise
conceitfavorable opinion
divulgeto make known (something, such as a confidence or secret)
amputateto remove by or as if by cutting