Reading Vocab 10/11/2010

adjective

Very big; enormous:

An elephant is colossal compared to a mouse.

noun

A living being, especially an animal:

Ruth's pet dog is a friendly creature.

• adjective
• Very brave or daring:

The firefighter was famous for his heroic rescues.

adjective

Causing much fear:

I liked riding the roller coaster, but Kevin thought it was horrifying.

adjective

Extremely large; enormous:

The rowboat looked tiny next to the monstrous ship.

adjective

Causing much fear:

The monster in the movie was a terrifying sight.

adjective

Very great, large, or powerful:

Gloria swung the bat and hit the ball with tremendous force.

• Word History
• Tremendous is originally from the Latin word tremere which meant "to tremble." Tremendous once described something that made people tremble with fear.