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| 267725655 | apprehension | anxiety or fear about the future My grandmother felt ________ about nuclear war in the 1960s, so my grandfather built a bomb shelter in the backyard to calm her fears. | |
| 267725656 | harbinger | something that indicates what is to come; a forerunner When it is going to rain, insects fly lower, so cows lie down to get away from the insects; therefore, the sigh of cows lying down is a ________ of rain. | |
| 267725657 | ominous | menacing; threatening The rattling under the hood sounded ________ because we were miles from the nearest town and would have been stranded if the car had broken down. | |
| 267725658 | premonition | a feeling about the future Luckily, my ________ that I would break my neck skiing was unfounded; unluckily, I broke my leg. | |
| 267725659 | timorous | timid; fearful about the future Tiny Tim was _________; he was afraid that one day he would be crushed by a giant. | |
| 267725660 | trepidation | uncertainty; apprehension We approached Mrs. Fielding with ________ because we didn't know how she would react to our request for a field trip. |
