GRE Word List
SEDENTARY
not migratory : settled
The meaning of the word sedentary is not migratory : settled.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| burlesque | a literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation |
| tightwad | a close or miserly person |
| jeopardize | to expose to danger or risk : imperil |
| embargo | an order of a government prohibiting the departure of commercial ships from its ports |
| interregnum | the time during which a throne is vacant between two successive reigns or regimes |
| bulk | magnitude |
| levee | a reception held by a person of distinction on rising from bed |
| reiterate | to state or do over again or repeatedly sometimes with wearying effect |
| transparent | having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid |
| intolerant | unable or unwilling to endure |