GRE Word List
SULTRY
very hot and humid : sweltering
The meaning of the word sultry is very hot and humid : sweltering.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| grill | to broil on a grill |
| memento | something that serves to warn or remind |
| foppish | foolish |
| aperture | an opening or open space : hole |
| narrative | something that is narrated : story |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| collate | to compare critically |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| clavicle | a bone of the shoulder girdle typically serving to link the scapula and sternum |
| alacrity | promptness in response : cheerful readiness |