GRE Word List
SEDENTARY
not migratory : settled
The meaning of the word sedentary is not migratory : settled.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| exhume | disinter |
| brindled | having obscure dark streaks or flecks on a usually gray or tawny ground |
| unanimity | the quality or state of being unanimous |
| hibernate | to pass the winter in a torpid or resting state |
| temper | heat of mind or emotion : proneness to anger : passion |
| interpolate | to alter or corrupt (something, such as a text) by inserting new or foreign matter |
| amphitheater | an oval or circular building with rising tiers of seats ranged about an open space and used in ancient Rome especially for contests and spectacles |
| cabal | the contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government) |
| rebus | a representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound |
| impassive | giving no sign of feeling or emotion : expressionless |