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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flutedhaving or marked by grooves
obfuscateto throw into shadow : darken
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rampa sloping way or plane: such as
dripto let fall in drops
gloss_overexplain away with the intention of deceiving or hiding faults
stoopto bend the body or a part of the body forward and downward sometimes simultaneously bending the knees