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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filigreeornamental work especially of fine wire of gold, silver, or copper applied chiefly to gold and silver surfaces
impelto urge or drive forward or on by or as if by the exertion of strong moral pressure : force
museto become absorbed in thought
palimpsestwriting material (such as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased
ornatemarked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric
introverta person whose personality is characterized by introversion : a typically reserved or quiet person who tends to be introspective and enjoys spending time alone
virtualbeing such in essence or effect though not formally recognized or admitted
far-fetchedbrought from a remote time or place
conventionalformed by agreement or compact
libidoinstinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity