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FORMIDABLE

causing fear, dread, or apprehension

The meaning of the word formidable is causing fear, dread, or apprehension.

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WordMeaning
precipitantprecipitate
chimericalexisting only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary
swathea band used in swathing
snivelto run at the nose
hermeticof or relating to the mystical and alchemical writings or teachings arising in the first three centuries a.d.
firebranda piece of burning wood
controvertto dispute or oppose by reasoning
unravelto disengage or separate the threads of : disentangle
libertinea freethinker especially in religious matters
cauterizeto sear with a cautery or caustic