GRE Word List

LIGNEOUS

of or resembling wood

The meaning of the word ligneous is of or resembling wood.

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afflictiona cause of persistent pain or distress
genusa class, kind, or group marked by common characteristics or by one common characteristic
remorsea gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : self-reproach
infringeto encroach upon in a way that violates law or the rights of another
interminablehaving or seeming to have no end
fatalisma doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them
depictto represent by or as if by a picture
straggleto wander from the direct course or way : rove
anonymitythe quality or state of being anonymous
ogleto glance with amorous invitation or challenge