GRE Word List
SEDENTARY
not migratory : settled
The meaning of the word sedentary is not migratory : settled.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| seep | to flow or pass slowly through fine pores or small openings : ooze |
| virulent | marked by a rapid, severe, and destructive course |
| gruel | a thin porridge |
| rig | to fit out with rigging |
| quay | a structure built parallel to the bank of a waterway for use as a landing place |
| annuity | a sum of money payable yearly or at other regular intervals |
| throttle | to compress the throat of : choke |
| jeopardize | to expose to danger or risk : imperil |
| arrogance | an attitude of superiority manifested in an overbearing manner or in presumptuous claims or assumptions |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |