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 |
|---|---|
| misnomer | the misnaming of a person in a legal instrument |
| depredation | to lay waste : plunder |
| swerve | to turn aside abruptly from a straight line or course : deviate |
| omnipresent | present in all places at all times |
| impale | to pierce with or as if with something pointed |
| intermediary | mediator |
| emend | to correct usually by textual alterations |
| grueling | trying or taxing to the point of exhaustion : punishing |
| orient | to direct (something, such as a book or film) toward the interests of a particular group |
| paean | a joyous song or hymn of praise, tribute, thanksgiving, or triumph |