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 |
|---|---|
| championship | designation as champion |
| dictum | a noteworthy statement: such as |
| denouement | the final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work |
| comeuppance | a deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts |
| oblique | neither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined |
| dismantle | to disconnect the pieces of |
| soothsayer | a person who predicts the future by magical, intuitive, or more rational means : prognosticator |
| maculated | marked with spots : blotched |
| harping | a plucked stringed instrument consisting of a resonator, an arched or angled neck that may be supported by a post, and strings of graded length that are perpendicular to the soundboard |
| qualify | to reduce from a general to a particular or restricted form : modify |