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 |
|---|---|
| extort | to obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power : wring |
| timidity | lacking in courage or self-confidence |
| faze | to disturb the composure of : disconcert |
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
| senility | the quality or state of being senile : the physical and mental decline associated with old age |
| suffuse | to spread over or through in the manner of fluid or light : flush |
| gruel | a thin porridge |
| stoop | to bend the body or a part of the body forward and downward sometimes simultaneously bending the knees |
| surreptitious | done, made, or acquired by stealth : clandestine |
| indulgent | willing to allow excessive leniency, generosity, or consideration : indulging or characterized by indulgence |