GRE Word List
SEDENTARY
not migratory : settled
The meaning of the word sedentary is not migratory : settled.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| levity | excessive or unseemly frivolity |
| jurisdiction | the power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |
| consonance | harmony or agreement among components |
| wrest | to pull, force, or move by violent wringing or twisting movements |
| bivouac | a usually temporary encampment under little or no shelter |
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
| bromide | a binary compound of bromine with another element or a radical including some (such as potassium bromide) used as sedatives |
| docket | a brief written summary of a document : abstract |
| raspy | harsh |