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
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sophistphilosopher
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quenchput out
palleta straw-filled tick or mattress
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suffocateto stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation)
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asperityroughness of manner or of temper : harshness of behavior or speech that expresses bitterness or anger
deferencerespect and esteem due a superior or an elder