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
refuteto prove wrong by argument or evidence : show to be false or erroneous
darta light spear
affiliationthe state or relation of being closely associated or affiliated with a particular person, group, party, company, etc.
renderto melt down
titanichaving great magnitude, force, or power : colossal
idioman expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way)
aptitudeinclination
culminationthe action of culminating
obituarya notice of a person's death usually with a short biographical account
cedeto yield or grant typically by treaty