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 |
|---|---|
| glower | to look or stare with sullen annoyance or anger |
| haphazard | marked by lack of plan, order, or direction |
| opiate | an alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance |
| lionize | to treat as an object of great interest or importance |
| foresight | an act or the power of foreseeing : prescience |
| sate | satisfy to the full; satisfy to excess; cloy |
| insatiable | incapable of being satisfied : quenchless |
| cull | to select from a group : choose |
| egoism | a doctrine that individual self-interest is the actual motive of all conscious action |
| gloss_over | explain away with the intention of deceiving or hiding faults |