GRE Word List
SEDENTARY
not migratory : settled
The meaning of the word sedentary is not migratory : settled.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| brood | the young of an animal or a family of young |
| matriculate | to enroll as a member of a body and especially of a college or university |
| peon | any of various workers in India, Sri Lanka, or Malaysia: such as |
| nettle | any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs |
| gaunt | excessively thin and angular |
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
| illicit | not permitted : unlawful |
| quay | a structure built parallel to the bank of a waterway for use as a landing place |
| disingenuous | lacking in candor |
| submerge | to put under water |