GRE Word List
LIGNEOUS
of or resembling wood
The meaning of the word ligneous is of or resembling wood.
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| prognosis | the prospect of recovery as anticipated from the usual course of disease or peculiarities of the case |
| entail | to impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result |
| initiate | to cause or facilitate the beginning of : set going |
| refractory | resisting control or authority : stubborn |
| fermentation | the enzyme-catalyzed anaerobic breakdown of an energy-rich compound (such as a carbohydrate to carbon dioxide and alcohol or to an organic acid) by the action of microorganisms (such as bacteria or yeast) that occurs naturally and is commonly used in the production of various products (such as food, alcoholic beverages, and pharmaceuticals) especially by controlling microbial enzymatic activity |
| querulous | habitually complaining |
| carafe | a bottle with a flaring lip used to hold beverages and especially wine |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| averse | having an active feeling of repugnance, dislike, or distaste |
| practical | of, relating to, or manifested in practice or action : not theoretical or ideal |