GRE Word List

SEDENTARY

not migratory : settled

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

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WordMeaning
broodthe young of an animal or a family of young
matriculateto enroll as a member of a body and especially of a college or university
peonany of various workers in India, Sri Lanka, or Malaysia: such as
nettleany of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs
gauntexcessively thin and angular
ironythe use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning
illicitnot permitted : unlawful
quaya structure built parallel to the bank of a waterway for use as a landing place
disingenuouslacking in candor
submergeto put under water