GRE Word List
SEDENTARY
not migratory : settled
The meaning of the word sedentary is not migratory : settled.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| despondent | feeling or showing extreme discouragement, dejection, or depression |
| sublimate | sublime |
| matrix | something within or from which something else originates, develops, or takes form |
| vagabond | a person who wanders from place to place without a fixed home : one leading a vagabond life |
| ragamuffin | a ragged often disreputable person |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| gruff | rough, brusque, or stern in manner, speech, or aspect |
| conservatory | a greenhouse for growing or displaying plants |
| sustain | to give support or relief to |
| distinction | the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference |