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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| precipitant | precipitate |
| chimerical | existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary |
| swathe | a band used in swathing |
| snivel | to run at the nose |
| hermetic | of or relating to the mystical and alchemical writings or teachings arising in the first three centuries a.d. |
| firebrand | a piece of burning wood |
| controvert | to dispute or oppose by reasoning |
| unravel | to disengage or separate the threads of : disentangle |
| libertine | a freethinker especially in religious matters |
| cauterize | to sear with a cautery or caustic |