GRE Word List
SEDENTARY
not migratory : settled
The meaning of the word sedentary is not migratory : settled.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| wade | to step in or through a medium (such as water) offering more resistance than air |
| mass | the liturgy of the Eucharist (see eucharist |
| agility | the quality or state of being agile : nimbleness |
| mettle | vigor and strength of spirit or temperament (see temperament |
| stifle | to withhold from circulation or expression |
| peruse | to examine or consider with attention and in detail : study |
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| discrepancy | the quality or state of disagreeing or being at variance |
| hazard | a source of danger |
| archaic | having the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses |