GRE Word List
TREPIDATION
a nervous or fearful feeling of uncertain agitation : apprehension
The meaning of the word trepidation is a nervous or fearful feeling of uncertain agitation : apprehension.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| encroachment | to enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| compliance | the act or process of complying to a desire, demand, proposal, or regimen or to coercion |
| log | a usually bulky piece or length of a cut or fallen tree |
| snip | a small piece that is snipped off |
| continence | the ability to retain a bodily discharge voluntarily |
| reaper | one that reaps |
| succumb | to yield to superior strength or force or overpowering appeal or desire |
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
| shrew | any of a family (Soricidae) of small chiefly nocturnal insectivores related to the moles and distinguished by a long pointed snout, very small eyes, and short velvety fur |