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apprehensive definition

ap·pre·hen·sive (-hensiv)

adjective

  1. able or quick to apprehend or understand
  2. having to do with perceiving or understanding
  3. anxious or fearful about the future; uneasy

Etymology: ME < ML apprehensivus < pp. of L apprehendere, apprehend

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