GRE Word List
SEDENTARY
requiring sitting; done while sitting; not moving from one place to another; settled; Ex. sedentary job/population
The meaning of the word sedentary is requiring sitting; done while sitting; not moving from one place to another; settled; Ex. sedentary job/population.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| char | make or become black by burning; reduce or be reduced to carbon or charcoal(black substance made by burning wood) by incomplete combustion |
| torque | twisting force; force producing rotation |
| foreboding | premonition of evil; feeling of coming evil; V. forebode: be a warning of (something unpleasant) |
| mass | Christian religious ceremony; CF. Mass: ceremony of the Eucharist |
| defrock | strip a priest or minister of church authority; unfrock |
| seismic | pertaining to earthquakes |
| capillary | having a very fine bore; resembling a hair; fine and slender; Ex. capillary attraction; N: very fine hairlike tube; CF. capillarity |
| accretion | growth or increase in size by gradual addition; growth; increase; increase by natural growth; Ex. towers and other accretions of the castle; V. accrete |
| winsome | charming (in a childlike way); agreeable; gracious; engaging |
| masticate | chew |