GRE Word List
LIGNEOUS
of or resembling wood
The meaning of the word ligneous is of or resembling wood.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| malingerer | to pretend or exaggerate incapacity or illness (as to avoid duty or work) |
| seemly | good-looking |
| engaging | tending to draw favorable attention or interest : attractive |
| mannered | having manners of a specified kind |
| penance | an act of self-abasement, mortification (see mortification |
| fresco | the art of painting on freshly spread moist lime plaster with water-based pigments |
| disburse | to pay out : expend especially from a fund |
| devise | to form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent |
| cavalier | marked by or given to offhand and often disdainful (see disdain |
| agility | the quality or state of being agile : nimbleness |