GRE Word List
LIGNEOUS
of or resembling wood
The meaning of the word ligneous is of or resembling wood.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hygiene | a science of the establishment and maintenance of health |
| paramount | superior to all others : supreme |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| insipid | lacking in qualities that interest, stimulate, or challenge : dull |
| lewd | obscene |
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |
| imminent | ready to take place : happening soon |
| court | the residence or establishment of a sovereign or similar dignitary |
| discount | a reduction made from the gross (see gross |
| annotate | to make or furnish critical or explanatory notes or comment |