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apprehension

noun as in catching and arresting

Weak match

  • collaring

noun as in understanding

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Tell someone about “The Cortège,” and it may inspire as much apprehension as it does curiosity.

To the 73 million Americans whose financial lives depend on the viability of Social Security, those first months were a seesaw of apprehension and rumor.

From Salon

Saying he was shaken by his friend’s apprehension, Franco advised everyone to “be careful in general, whether you’re undocumented or not.”

“In Los Angeles right now — today, as a matter of fact — we have agents out on the streets right now making apprehensions, as you and I are speaking,” he said.

It also marked this Indian young team's transition from apprehension and misgivings one of rich promise fuelled by ambition and excellence.

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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