GRE Word List
SEDENTARY
not migratory : settled
The meaning of the word sedentary is not migratory : settled.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| buccaneer | any of the freebooters preying on Spanish ships and settlements especially in 17th century West Indies |
| unctuous | having, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality |
| pass_off | present falsely; represent falsely to be |
| hypnosis | a trancelike state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject |
| suavity | smoothly though often superficially gracious and sophisticated |
| obliterate | to remove utterly from recognition or memory |
| semblance | outward and often specious appearance or show : form |
| eerie | so mysterious, strange, or unexpected as to send a chill up the spine |
| forsake | to renounce or turn away from entirely |
| omniscient | having infinite awareness, understanding, and insight |