GRE Word List
SEDENTARY
not migratory : settled
The meaning of the word sedentary is not migratory : settled.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| esoteric | designed for or understood by the specially initiated alone |
| far-fetched | brought from a remote time or place |
| cataclysm | flood |
| patent | open to public inspection |
| proliferate | to grow by rapid production of new parts, cells, buds, or offspring |
| sequester | to set apart : segregate |
| hostility | deep-seated usually mutual ill will |
| humdrum | monotonous |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| deputize | to appoint as deputy |