late 14c., "capable of perceiving, fitted for mental impression," from Medieval Latin apprehensivus, from Latin apprehensus, past participle of apprehendere (see apprehend). Meaning "fe [..]

quick to understand; "a kind and apprehensive friend"- Nathaniel Hawthorne mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc; "apprehensive about her job& [..]

 quick to understand.

Uneasy or fearful about something that might happen (Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, Thunder Bay Press, San Diego, CA 2001, p. 103)

(adj) in fear or dread of possible evil or harm(adj) mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc(adj) quick to understand

apt to apprehend or understand

Quick to understand

1. Capable of apprehending, or quick to do so; apt; discerning. "It may be pardonable to imagine that a friend, a kind and apprehensive . . . Friend, is listening to our talk." (Hawthorne) 2. Knowing; conscious; cognizant. "A man that has spent his younger years in vanity and folly, and is, by the grace of God, apprehensive of it.&qu [..]

Anticipating something with anxiety or fear. * '''1719''', , '''' *: ''this convinced me that there was no going on shore for us in the night on that coast, and how to venture on shore in the day [..]