GRE Word List

SEDENTARY

not migratory : settled

The meaning of the word sedentary is not migratory : settled.

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burlesquea literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation
tightwada close or miserly person
jeopardizeto expose to danger or risk : imperil
embargoan order of a government prohibiting the departure of commercial ships from its ports
interregnumthe time during which a throne is vacant between two successive reigns or regimes
bulkmagnitude
leveea reception held by a person of distinction on rising from bed
reiterateto state or do over again or repeatedly sometimes with wearying effect
transparenthaving the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid
intolerantunable or unwilling to endure