GRE Word List

LIGNEOUS

of or resembling wood

The meaning of the word ligneous is of or resembling wood.

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WordMeaning
parsimonythe quality of being careful with money or resources : thrift
honeto sharpen or smooth with a whetstone
interto deposit (a dead body) in the earth or in a tomb
threshto separate seed from (a harvested plant) mechanically
hideousoffensive to the senses and especially to sight : exceedingly ugly
abscissionthe act or process of cutting off : removal
obliterateto remove utterly from recognition or memory
vaporizeto convert (as by the application of heat or by spraying) into vapor
stygianof or relating to the river Styx
dismemberto cut off or disjoin the limbs, members, or parts of