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 |
|---|---|
| knead | to work and press into a mass with or as if with the hands |
| mural | of, relating to, or resembling a wall |
| threat | an expression of intention to inflict evil, injury, or damage |
| intrude | to thrust oneself in without invitation, permission, or welcome |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| waft | to move or go lightly on or as if on a buoyant medium |
| forge | a furnace or a shop with its furnace where metal is heated and wrought : smithy |
| dys- | abnormal |
| purported | reputed |
| run-down | an item-by-item report or review : summary |