GRE Word List

SULTRY

very hot and humid : sweltering

The meaning of the word sultry is very hot and humid : sweltering.

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WordMeaning
divulgeto make known (something, such as a confidence or secret)
institutesomething that is instituted: such as
coniferany of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit
arraignto call (a defendant) before a court to answer to an indictment : charge
ultimatuma final proposition, condition, or demand
omnipresentpresent in all places at all times
ecologista branch of science concerned with the interrelationship of organisms and their environments
reclineto cause or permit to incline backwards
aberrationthe fact or an instance of deviating or being aberrant especially from a moral standard or normal state
backslideto lapse morally or in the practice of religion