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 |
|---|---|
| arrhythmic | lacking rhythm or regularity |
| nominal | of, relating to, or being a noun or a word or expression taking a noun construction |
| carousal | a wild, drunken party or celebration : a drunken revel : carouse |
| repress | to check by or as if by pressure : curb |
| laud | praise |
| snub | to check or stop with a cutting retort : rebuke |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| tension | inner striving, unrest, or imbalance often with physiological indication of emotion |
| reprehensible | worthy of or deserving reprehension : culpable |
| gastronomy | the art or science of good eating |