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Noun: apprehensiveness  ,ap-ri'hen-siv-nus
  1. Fearful expectation or anticipation
    "the student looked around the examination room with apprehensiveness";
    - apprehension, dread, misgiving

Type of: expectation, fear, fearfulness, fright, outlook, prospect

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