GRE Word List

LIGNEOUS

of or resembling wood

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

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paupera person destitute of means except such as are derived from charity
vanguardthe forefront of an action or movement
anomalousinconsistent with or deviating from what is usual, normal, or expected : irregular
truisman undoubted or self-evident truth
insatiableincapable of being satisfied : quenchless
aversiona feeling of repugnance toward something with a desire to avoid or turn from it
putridbeing in a state of putrefaction : rotten
awla pointed tool for marking surfaces or piercing small holes (as in leather or wood)
ravelto become unwoven, untwisted, or unwound : fray
vaporizeto convert (as by the application of heat or by spraying) into vapor