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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hirelinga person who serves for hire especially for purely mercenary motives
foreshadowto represent, indicate, or typify beforehand : prefigure
prodigiouscausing amazement or wonder
temperatehaving a moderate climate which especially lacks extremes in temperature
economythe structure or conditions of economic life in a country, area, or period
appriseto give notice to : tell
xenophobiafear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign
warpa series of yarns extended lengthwise in a loom and crossed by the weft
flaccidnot firm or stiff
plumpto drop, sink, or come in contact suddenly or heavily