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.
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| char | any of a genus (Salvelinus) of small-scaled trouts with light-colored spots |
| edict | a proclamation having the force of law |
| pundit | pandit |
| bristle | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| tantalize | to tease or torment by or as if by presenting something desirable to the view but continually keeping it out of reach |
| attrition | sorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God |
| wince | to shrink back involuntarily (as from pain) : flinch |
| cognizance | a distinguishing mark or emblem (such as a heraldic bearing) |
| serrated | notched or toothed on the edge |
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