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
potenthaving or wielding force, authority, or influence : powerful
spoofdeceive
fraileasily led into evil
philanthropistone who makes an active effort to promote human welfare : a person who practices philanthropy
glimmerto shine faintly or unsteadily
drossthe scum or unwanted material that forms on the surface of molten metal
harryto make a pillaging or destructive raid on : assault
prefigureto show, suggest, or announce by an antecedent type, image, or likeness
libidoinstinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity
factiousof or relating to faction: such as