GRE Word List
SULTRY
very hot and humid : sweltering
The meaning of the word sultry is very hot and humid : sweltering.
Random words
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replicate | duplicate |
scintillate | to emit sparks : spark |
eddy | a current of water or air running contrary to the main current |
contentious | likely to cause disagreement or argument |
fetish | an object (such as a small stone carving of an animal) believed to have magical power to protect or aid its owner |
chaff | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
discomfit | to put into a state of perplexity and embarrassment : disconcert |
fluted | having or marked by grooves |
predator | an organism that primarily obtains food by the killing and consuming of other organisms : an organism that lives by predation |
brisk | keenly alert : lively |