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 |
|---|---|
| jest | a joking or mocking remark |
| sophist | philosopher |
| brink | edge |
| noncommittal | giving no clear indication of attitude or feeling |
| diatribe | a bitter and abusive speech or piece of writing |
| elixir | a substance held capable of changing base metals into gold |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
| centripetal | proceeding or acting in a direction toward a center or axis |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| palate | the roof of the mouth separating the mouth from the nasal cavity see hard palate |