GRE Word List
LIGNEOUS
of or resembling wood
The meaning of the word ligneous is of or resembling wood.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| atone | to make amends : to provide or serve as reparation or compensation for something bad or unwelcome |
| vie | to strive for superiority : contend |
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
| passe | past one's prime |
| depreciate | to lower in honor or esteem |
| contrivance | a thing contrived |
| urge | to present, advocate, or demand earnestly or pressingly |
| dissuade | to advise (a person) against something |
| vehement | marked by forceful energy : powerful |
| insensible | incapable or bereft of feeling or sensation: such as |