Welcome to another astonishing installment of Word Woman's Weekly Work-Out! Spring is just around the corner, and now is a great time to sweep all of those winter cobwebs out of your head by learning new words. Here's the Word of the Week to get you started:
Redoubtable:
1. causing fear or alarm, formidable
2. illustrious, eminent; broadly: worthy of respect
"redoubtable", http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/redoubtable , 2/11/2011.
Example: The redoubtable reference librarian ruled her department like a lioness and no matter how obscure the question posed to her, she was able to answer it.
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