GRE Word List
SEDENTARY
not migratory : settled
The meaning of the word sedentary is not migratory : settled.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| frock | an outer garment worn by monks and friars : habit |
| dais | a raised platform (as in a hall or large room) |
| swarthy | of a dark color, complexion, or cast |
| hereafter | after this in sequence or in time |
| moodiness | subject to depression : gloomy |
| viand | an item of food |
| cremate | to subject to cremation |
| yoke | a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together |
| filch | to steal secretly or casually |
| incubate | to sit on (eggs) so as to hatch by the warmth of the body |