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 |
|---|---|
| quaff | to drink (a usually alcoholic beverage) heartily or copiously |
| auxiliary | offering or providing help |
| foppish | foolish |
| doff | to remove (an article of wear) from the body |
| hieroglyphic | written in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters |
| calligraphy | artistic, stylized, or elegant handwriting or lettering |
| mortar | a sturdy vessel in which material is pounded or rubbed with a pestle |
| granary | a storehouse for threshed grain |
| expatriate | banish |
| egotistical | characterized by egotism : having, showing, or arising from an exaggerated sense of self-importance |