GRE Word List

SWELTER

to suffer, sweat, or be faint from heat

The meaning of the word swelter is to suffer, sweat, or be faint from heat.

Random words

WordMeaning
extenuateto lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses : mitigate
complacencyself-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies
vanguardthe forefront of an action or movement
deposeto remove from a throne or other high position
nefariousflagrantly wicked or impious : evil
elegya poem in elegiac couplets
swillwash
mollycoddleto treat with an excessive or absurd degree of indulgence and attention
affectedartificial; pretended
exoticintroduced from another country : not native to the place where found