GRE Word List
LIGNEOUS
of or resembling wood
The meaning of the word ligneous is of or resembling wood.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pandemonium | a wild uproar (as because of anger or excitement in a crowd of people) |
| irreconcilable | impossible to reconcile |
| euthanasia | the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals (such as persons or domestic animals) in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy |
| fabricate | invent |
| sovereignty | supreme power especially over a body politic |
| abdicate | to renounce a throne, high office, dignity, or function |
| flotsam | floating wreckage of a ship or its cargo |
| esteem | the regard in which one is held |
| enmity | positive, active, and typically mutual hatred or ill will |
| forge | a furnace or a shop with its furnace where metal is heated and wrought : smithy |