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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|---|---|
| touchstone | a fundamental or quintessential part or feature : basis |
| incite | to move to action : stir up : spur on : urge on |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |
| crest | a showy tuft or process on the head of an animal and especially a bird see bird illustration |
| throb | to pulsate or pound with abnormal force or rapidity |
| collage | an artistic composition made of various materials (such as paper, cloth, or wood) glued on a surface |
| disingenuous | lacking in candor |
| perverse | turned away from what is right or good : corrupt |
| phobia | an exaggerated usually inexplicable and illogical fear of a particular object, class of objects, or situation |
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