GRE Word List
FORMIDABLE
causing fear, dread, or apprehension
The meaning of the word formidable is causing fear, dread, or apprehension.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| militant | engaged in warfare or combat : fighting |
| rancid | having an unpleasant smell or taste usually from chemical change or decomposition |
| diminution | the act, process, or an instance of becoming gradually less (as in size or importance) : the act, process, or an instance of diminishing : decrease |
| taper | to become progressively smaller toward one end |
| foment | to promote the growth or development of : rouse |
| azure | the blue color of the clear sky |
| gross | glaringly noticeable usually because of inexcusable badness or objectionableness |
| exempt | free or released from some liability or requirement to which others are subject |
| counterpart | one of two corresponding copies of a legal instrument : duplicate |
| ebb | the reflux of the tide toward the sea |