GRE Word List

SEDENTARY

not migratory : settled

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

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squalorthe quality or state of being squalid
ravinea small narrow steep-sided valley that is larger than a gully and smaller than a canyon and that is usually worn by running water
dieto pass from physical life : expire
abhorto regard with extreme repugnance : to feel hatred or loathing for : loathe
hoaxto trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often preposterous
duplicitycontradictory doubleness of thought, speech, or action
mangleto injure with deep disfiguring wounds by cutting, tearing, or crushing
hideto put out of sight : secrete
catechismoral instruction
libidoinstinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity