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 |
|---|---|
| astigmatism | a defect of an optical system (such as a lens) causing rays from a point to fail to meet in a focal point resulting in a blurred and imperfect image |
| wangle | to resort to trickery or devious methods |
| insolvent | unable to pay debts as they fall due in the usual course of business |
| precise | exactly or sharply defined or stated |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| modicum | a small portion : a limited quantity |
| kinetic | of or relating to the motion of material bodies and the forces and energy associated therewith |
| docket | a brief written summary of a document : abstract |
| mutability | prone to change : inconstant |
| anachronism | an error in chronology |