apprehensive

adjectives

quick to understand

"a kind and apprehensive friend"- Nathaniel Hawthorne

apprehensive, discerning

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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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in fear or dread of possible evil or harm

"apprehensive for one's life"; "apprehensive of danger"

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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"