GRE Word List
LIGNEOUS
of or resembling wood
The meaning of the word ligneous is of or resembling wood.
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|---|---|
| shrivel | to draw into wrinkles especially with a loss of moisture |
| languid | drooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak |
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| unassuming | not assuming : modest |
| placebo | a usually pharmacologically inert preparation prescribed more for the mental relief of the patient than for its actual effect on a disorder |
| waver | to vacillate irresolutely between choices : fluctuate in opinion, allegiance, or direction |
| covert | not openly shown, engaged in, or avowed : veiled |
| dart | a light spear |
| gull | any of numerous long-winged web-footed aquatic birds (subfamily Larinae of the family Laridae) |
| retrospective | of, relating to, or given to retrospection |