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
schematicof or relating to a scheme or schema
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simplisticexcessively simple or simplified : treating a problem or subject with false simplicity by omitting or ignoring complicating factors or details
surrogateone appointed to act in place of another : deputy
insidioushaving a gradual and cumulative effect : subtle
deadlocka state of inaction or neutralization resulting from the opposition of equally powerful uncompromising persons or factions : standstill
expurgateto cleanse of something morally harmful, offensive, or erroneous
episodicmade up of separate especially loosely connected episodes
bulgeto jut out : swell
laggardlagging or tending to lag : slow especially compared to others of the same kind