GRE Word List
LIGNEOUS
of or resembling wood
The meaning of the word ligneous is of or resembling wood.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pinch | to squeeze between the finger and thumb or between the jaws of an instrument |
| desiccate | to dry up |
| despoil | to strip of belongings, possessions, or value : pillage |
| urchin | hedgehog |
| maneuver | a military or naval movement |
| dynamic | marked by usually continuous and productive activity or change |
| sheaf | a quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together |
| wan | suggestive of poor health : sickly |
| rapacious | excessively grasping or covetous |
| unerringly | committing no error : faultless |