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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doffto remove (an article of wear) from the body
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loga usually bulky piece or length of a cut or fallen tree
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castrateto deprive (a male animal or person) of the testes
promontorya high point of land or rock projecting into a body of water
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