Definition of apprehensive
Adjectives
quick to understand
"a kind and apprehensive friend"- Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Synonyms:
- discerning
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perceptive
having the ability to perceive or understand; keen in discernment
mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc
"apprehensive about her job"
"felt apprehensive about the consequences"
in fear or dread of possible evil or harm
"apprehensive for one's life"
"apprehensive of danger"
- Synonyms:
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afraid
filled with fear or apprehension
Vocabulary Lists for apprehensive
- abaft
- abase
- abate
- abdicate
- abet
Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter" Intro + Chapters 1-7 »(650 words)
Vocabulary study list for Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The...
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Charles Dickens' "A Tale of Two Cities" Chapters 40-46 »(226 words)
Vocabulary study list for Charles Dickens' "A Tale of...
- accoutre
- prevaricate
- proscribe
- constraining
- imbue
Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird" Chapters 21-31 »(129 words)
Vocabulary study list for Harper Lee's "To Kill a...
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John Steinbeck's "Grapes of Wrath" Chapters 17-20 »(113 words)
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- feral
- crumple
- epaulet
- protrude
- inevitability