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apprehensive in WordNet English dictionary
adjective- in fear or dread of possible evil or harm
"apprehensive for one's life"; "apprehensive of danger"
apprehensive
- quick to understand
"a kind and apprehensive friend"- Nathaniel Hawthorne
apprehensive discerning
- mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc
"apprehensive about her job"; "not used to a city and worried about small things"; "felt apprehensive about the consequences"
apprehensive worried
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