GRE Word List
SULTRY
(of weather) hot; sweltering; sensual; voluptuous
The meaning of the word sultry is (of weather) hot; sweltering; sensual; voluptuous.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fatuous | smugly and unconsciously foolish; inane; silly; N. fatuity, fatuousness |
| embody | give a bodily form to; incorporate; include |
| deputize | work or appoint as a deputy; N. deputy: person who has the power to take charge when the leading person is away |
| invocation | prayer for help (used in invoking); calling upon as a reference or support; act of invoking |
| knit | contract into wrinkles; grow together; join together closely; make (a fabric or garment) by interwining yarn or thread; Ex. knit the brow; Ex. The bones should knit together in a few weeks. |
| gainsay | deny |
| temper | moderate; make less severe; tone down or restrain; toughen (steel) as by alternate heating and cooling |
| optional | not compulsory; left to one's choice; N. option: act of choosing; choice; freedom or power to choose; something available as a choice; Ex. have no option; Ex. two options |
| execrate | curse; express abhorrence for; detest |
| reprisal | retaliation |
