SAT vocabulary
Apprehension
Understanding or perception; also, anxiety or fear that something bad will happen.
Example
"She felt a growing apprehension about the upcoming exam, despite having studied diligently."
Etymology
From Latin apprehendere 'to grasp, lay hold of', from ad- 'to' + prehendere 'to seize'.
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