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apprehensive

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apprehensive in WordNet English dictionary

adjective
  1. in fear or dread of possible evil or harm
    "apprehensive for one's life"; "apprehensive of danger"
    apprehensive 
  2. quick to understand
    "a kind and apprehensive friend"- Nathaniel Hawthorne
    apprehensive  discerning 
  3. 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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