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
stoutstrong of character: such as
foraya sudden or irregular invasion or attack for war or spoils : raid
largessliberal giving (as of money) to or as if to an inferior
auxiliaryoffering or providing help
recriminationa retaliatory accusation
impassableincapable of being passed, traveled, crossed, or surmounted
infantileof or relating to infants or infancy
ashenof, relating to, or made from ash wood
phoenixa legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period
elopeto run away secretly with the intention of getting married usually without parental consent