Vocabulary Word
Word: swelter
Definition: (of a person) suffer from oppressive heat; be oppressed by heat
Definition: (of a person) suffer from oppressive heat; be oppressed by heat
Sentences Containing 'swelter'
And there was a tropical sun overhead and a tropical swelter in the air.
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