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 |
|---|---|
| surmount | to prevail over : overcome |
| stammer | to make involuntary stops and repetitions in speaking : stutter |
| propinquity | nearness of blood : kinship |
| linguistic | of or relating to language or linguistics |
| hermitage | the habitation of a hermit |
| slacken | to make less active : slow up |
| aureole | a radiant light around the head or body of a representation of a sacred personage |
| rampart | a protective barrier : bulwark |
| stump | the basal portion of a bodily part remaining after the rest is removed |
| chasten | to correct by punishment or suffering : discipline |