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- adjective   In a state of 
trepidation  
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Examples
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I was really trepidatious when I saw the first previews for the new Trek.
Star Trek - wow! frankwu 2009
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Margie was enthusiastic about becoming a mother while I, on the other hand, was more than a little trepidatious about the whole business.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: New Moms Jack Canfield 2011
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Spoken firmly and menacingly to an understandably trepidatious client.
Bill Robinson: New Media: Take A Seat In the Booth at the End Bill 2011
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Here are my Seven Wonders of Parenthood... as discovered and stumbled over on my trepidatious expeditions as an ordinary dad.
Len Filppu: The 7 Wonders of Parenthood Len Filppu 2011
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Spoken firmly and menacingly to an understandably trepidatious client.
Bill Robinson: New Media: Take A Seat In the Booth at the End Bill 2011
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Spoken firmly and menacingly to an understandably trepidatious client.
Bill Robinson: New Media: Take A Seat In the Booth at the End Bill 2011
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"I was always trepidatious about opening the door to their rooms" during the first listing, he said.
Home sellers cope with houses in limbo Sandra Fleishman 2011
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I was feeling a little trepidatious – can I really do this again?
Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Finding the Creative Joy 2010
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Spoken firmly and menacingly to an understandably trepidatious client.
Bill Robinson: New Media: Take A Seat In the Booth at the End Bill 2011
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Spoken firmly and menacingly to an understandably trepidatious client.
Bill Robinson: New Media: Take A Seat In the Booth at the End Bill 2011
 
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