GRE Word List
LIGNEOUS
of or resembling wood
The meaning of the word ligneous is of or resembling wood.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| plutocracy | government by the wealthy |
| augment | to make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense |
| tenant | one who has the occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements of another |
| haughtiness | blatantly and disdainfully proud : having or showing an attitude of superiority and contempt for people or things perceived to be inferior |
| caste | one of the hereditary social classes in Hinduism that restrict the occupation of their members and their association with the members of other castes |
| improvident | not provident : not foreseeing and providing for the future |
| precis | a concise summary of essential points, statements, or facts |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| ruffian | a brutal person : bully |
| converge | to tend or move toward one point or one another : come together : meet |