apprehensive
Meaning
Adjective
- Anticipating something with anxiety, fear, or doubt.
- Perceptive; quick to learn; capable of understanding using one's intellect.
Origin
- From Latin apprehensīvus, from apprehensus, perfect passive participle of apprehendō + -īvus.
Modern English dictionary
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