GRE Word List
LIGNEOUS
of or resembling wood
The meaning of the word ligneous is of or resembling wood.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| levity | excessive or unseemly frivolity |
| boost | to push or shove up from below |
| responsiveness | giving response : constituting a response : answering |
| legislature | a body of persons having the power to legislate |
| moribund | being in the state of dying : approaching death |
| emasculate | to deprive of strength, vigor, or spirit : weaken |
| fritter | a small mass of fried or sautéed batter often containing fruit or meat |
| slavish | of or characteristic of someone held in forced servitude |
| impuissance | weakness |
| pallet | a straw-filled tick or mattress |