GRE Word List
LIGNEOUS
of or resembling wood
The meaning of the word ligneous is of or resembling wood.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| debauch | to corrupt by intemperance or sensuality |
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| detonation | the action or process of detonating |
| ethnic | of or relating to large groups of people classed according to common racial, national, tribal, religious, linguistic, or cultural origin or background |
| levity | excessive or unseemly frivolity |
| component | a constituent part : ingredient |
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| knit | to form by interlacing yarn or thread in a series of connected loops with needles |
| perimeter | the boundary of a closed plane figure |
| rebus | a representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound |