GRE Word List
LIGNEOUS
of or resembling wood
The meaning of the word ligneous is of or resembling wood.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| glean | to gather grain or other produce left by reapers |
| promontory | a high point of land or rock projecting into a body of water |
| apogee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is at the greatest distance from the center of the earth |
| exhume | disinter |
| meager | having little flesh : thin |
| hurtle | to move rapidly or forcefully |
| fester | to generate pus |
| nomadic | of, relating to, or characteristic of nomads |
| opalescent | reflecting an iridescent light |
| bearing | the manner in which one behaves or comports oneself : the manner in which one bears (see bear |