GRE Word List
LIGNEOUS
of or resembling wood
The meaning of the word ligneous is of or resembling wood.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| misapprehension | to apprehend wrongly : misunderstand |
| shangri-la | a remote beautiful imaginary place where life approaches perfection : utopia |
| intellect | the power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will : the capacity for knowledge |
| plaintive | expressive of suffering or woe : melancholy |
| valid | having legal efficacy or force |
| growl | rumble |
| disdain | a feeling of contempt for someone or something regarded as unworthy or inferior : scorn |
| ingenuous | showing innocent or childlike simplicity and candidness |
| pinnacle | an upright architectural member generally ending in a small spire and used especially in Gothic construction to give weight especially to a buttress |
| founder | one that founds or establishes |