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 |
|---|---|
| wan | suggestive of poor health : sickly |
| ramification | branch |
| queasy | causing nausea |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| surge | to rise and fall actively : toss |
| detonation | the action or process of detonating |
| cadaver | a dead body |
| mass | the liturgy of the Eucharist (see eucharist |
| refrain | curb |
| writ | something written : writing |