GRE Word List
LIGNEOUS
of or resembling wood
The meaning of the word ligneous is of or resembling wood.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| translucent | permitting the passage of light: |
| nostalgia | a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition |
| uxorious | excessively fond of or submissive to a wife |
| intoxicate | to excite or stupefy by alcohol or a drug especially to the point where physical and mental control is markedly diminished |
| clandestine | marked by, held in, or conducted with secrecy : surreptitious |
| parched | deprived of natural moisture |
| wince | to shrink back involuntarily (as from pain) : flinch |
| cynosure | the northern constellation Ursa Minor |
| evanescent | tending to vanish like vapor |
| incipient | beginning to come into being or to become apparent |