GRE Word List
SEDENTARY
not migratory : settled
The meaning of the word sedentary is not migratory : settled.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| squander | to spend extravagantly or foolishly : dissipate |
| prolong | to lengthen in time : continue |
| secession | withdrawal into privacy or solitude : retirement |
| brisk | keenly alert : lively |
| elope | to run away secretly with the intention of getting married usually without parental consent |
| elegy | a poem in elegiac couplets |
| dissection | the act or process of dissecting : the state of being dissected |
| fetish | an object (such as a small stone carving of an animal) believed to have magical power to protect or aid its owner |
| glutinous | having the quality of glue : gummy |
| xenophobia | fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign |