GRE Word List
LIGNEOUS
of or resembling wood
The meaning of the word ligneous is of or resembling wood.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| transition | a change or shift from one state, subject, place, etc. to another |
| dishearten | to cause to lose hope, enthusiasm, or courage : to cause to lose spirit or morale |
| freebooter | pirate |
| gambit | a chess opening in which a player risks one or more pawns or a minor piece to gain an advantage in position |
| lunatic | affected with a severely disordered state of mind : insane |
| aloft | at or to a great height |
| prophylactic | guarding from or preventing the spread or occurrence of disease or infection |
| discomfit | to put into a state of perplexity and embarrassment : disconcert |
| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |