GRE Word List
REDOUBTABLE
causing fear or alarm : formidable
The meaning of the word redoubtable is causing fear or alarm : formidable.
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|---|---|
| passive | acted upon by an external agency |
| notch | a V-shaped indentation |
| ineffectual | not producing the proper or intended effect : futile |
| dispassionate | not influenced by strong feeling |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| doldrums | a spell of listlessness or despondency |
| profane | to treat (something sacred) with abuse, irreverence, or contempt : desecrate |
| badinage | playful repartee : banter |
| dwindle | to become steadily less : shrink |
| wisp | a small handful (as of hay or straw) |