GRE Word List

SEDENTARY

not migratory : settled

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

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dissuadeto advise (a person) against something
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raptlifted up and carried away
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reprieveto delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner)
flightyswift
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sheafa quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together
disclaimto make a disclaimer
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