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
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| ford | a shallow part of a body of water that may be crossed by wading |
| attentive | mindful |
| frail | easily led into evil |
| notoriety | the quality or state of being notorious |
| insidious | having a gradual and cumulative effect : subtle |
| heterodox | contrary to or different from an acknowledged standard, a traditional form, or an established religion : unorthodox |
| effigy | an image or representation especially of a person |
| sow | an adult female swine |
| boor | peasant |