GRE Word List

FORMIDABLE

causing fear, dread, or apprehension

The meaning of the word formidable is causing fear, dread, or apprehension.

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WordMeaning
pragmaticrelating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic
abortiveprematurely born
bureaucracya body of nonelected government officials
firebranda piece of burning wood
piousmarked by or showing reverence for deity and devotion to divine worship
analogya comparison of two otherwise unlike things based on resemblance of a particular aspect
hieroglyphicwritten in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters
pliablesupple enough to bend freely or repeatedly without breaking
multiformhaving many forms or appearances
fertileproducing or bearing many crops in great quantities : productive