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 |
|---|---|
| deride | to laugh at or insult contemptuously |
| prognosticate | to foretell from signs or symptoms : predict |
| defalcate | deduct |
| warranted | sanction |
| frivolous | of little weight or importance |
| indiscriminate | not marked by careful distinction : deficient in discrimination and discernment |
| swear-word | word considered offensive; Ex. ``bloody'' |
| finesse | refinement or delicacy of workmanship, structure, or texture |
| high-flown | exceedingly or excessively high or favorable |
| ignoble | characterized by baseness, lowness, or meanness |