apprehensive

ap·pre·hen·sive (pr-hnsv)

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Adj.	1.	apprehensive – quick to understand; “a kind and apprehensive friend”- Nathaniel Hawthorne discerning perceptive – having the ability to perceive or understand; keen in discernment; “a perceptive eye”; “a perceptive observation”
	2.	apprehensive – 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” worried uneasy – lacking a sense of security or affording no ease or reassurance; “farmers were uneasy until rain finally came”; “uneasy about his health”; “gave an uneasy laugh”; “uneasy lies the head that wears the crown”; “an uneasy coalition government”; “an uneasy calm”; “an uneasy silence fell on the group”
	3.	apprehensive – in fear or dread of possible evil or harm; “apprehensive for one’s life”; “apprehensive of danger” afraid – filled with fear or apprehension; “afraid even to turn his head”; “suddenly looked afraid”; “afraid for his life”; “afraid of snakes”; “afraid to ask questions”