GRE Word List

SEDENTARY

not migratory : settled

The meaning of the word sedentary is not migratory : settled.

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WordMeaning
guiledeceitful cunning : duplicity
innovationa new idea, method, or device : novelty
infiltrateto enter or become established in gradually or unobtrusively usually for subversive purposes
comebacka sharp or witty reply : retort
motifa usually recurring salient thematic element (as in the arts)
bedizento dress or adorn gaudily
misanthropea person who hates or distrusts humankind
rhapsodizeto speak or write in a rhapsodic manner
proselytizeto induce someone to convert to one's faith
sublimeto cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form