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
doctrinea principle or position or the body of principles in a branch of knowledge or system of belief : dogma
debristhe remains of something broken down or destroyed
substantivehaving substance : involving matters of major or practical importance to all concerned
spinto draw out and twist fiber into yarn or thread
usagefirmly established and generally accepted practice or procedure
censoriousmarked by or given to censure (see censure
milieuthe physical or social setting in which something occurs or develops : environment
disapprobationthe act or state of disapproving : the state of being disapproved : condemnation
aspireto seek to attain or accomplish a particular goal
mediateoccupying a middle position