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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WordMeaning
passiveacted upon by an external agency
notcha V-shaped indentation
ineffectualnot producing the proper or intended effect : futile
dispassionatenot influenced by strong feeling
gyroscopea 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
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badinageplayful repartee : banter
dwindleto become steadily less : shrink
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