GRE Word List
FORMIDABLE
menacing; arousing fear; threatening; difficult to defeat; Ex. formidable foe/question
The meaning of the word formidable is menacing; arousing fear; threatening; difficult to defeat; Ex. formidable foe/question.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| lavish | liberal; wasteful; generous or wasteful in giving or using; abundant; profuse; great; Ex. decorated lavishly; V. give in abundance |
| yoke | join together; unite; N: crossbar used to joining two draft animals |
| furrow | long shallow trench made by a plow; deep wrinkle in the skin; V. |
| pittance | small amount (of money); small allowance or wage |
| urge | drive or force forward (by causing impulses); drive to take action; impel; entreat earnestly; Ex. urge horses; N: impulse that prompts action |
| culvert | artificial channel for water; drain crossing under a road |
| baroque | highly ornate |
| epicure | connoisseur of food and drink; gourmet; ADJ. epicurean; CF. Epicurus |
| quagmire | bog; marsh; soft, wet, boggy land; predicament; complex or dangerous situation from which it is difficult to free oneself |
| parallel | similar; analogous; corresponding; N: parallel line; person or thing that is parallel (to another); similarity; Ex. know of no parallel to the case; Ex. without parallel; V: be similar to; make parallel; Ex. Your experience parallels mine; CF. unparalleled |