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 |
|---|---|
| remorse | a gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : self-reproach |
| graduated | marked with divisions indicating degrees or units of measurement |
| straggle | to wander from the direct course or way : rove |
| archaic | having the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses |
| throng | a multitude of assembled persons |
| breed | to produce (offspring) by hatching or gestation |
| cadence | the beat, time, or measure of rhythmical motion or activity |
| profane | to treat (something sacred) with abuse, irreverence, or contempt : desecrate |
| hallowed | holy |
| blunder | to move unsteadily or confusedly |