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 |
|---|---|
| pragmatic | relating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic |
| abortive | prematurely born |
| bureaucracy | a body of nonelected government officials |
| firebrand | a piece of burning wood |
| pious | marked by or showing reverence for deity and devotion to divine worship |
| analogy | a comparison of two otherwise unlike things based on resemblance of a particular aspect |
| hieroglyphic | written in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters |
| pliable | supple enough to bend freely or repeatedly without breaking |
| multiform | having many forms or appearances |
| fertile | producing or bearing many crops in great quantities : productive |