misty - SAT Word

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misty 
  ( SAT Prep - Sample Word )
This word "misty" often comes up in the SAT. Of the choices below which is the closest in meaning?
foggy
underground
human rights
majority




Detailed description and alternate definitions of the word 'misty':
  Consisting of or marked by mist.
  Full of tender emotion; sentimental.
  Obscured or clouded by or as if by mist.
  Vague; hazy.

Synonyms of word 'misty' :
 foggy
 hazy
 brumous


Usage of the word 'misty' in Sentences :
  misty with drizzle later in the night.
  misty to see what was going on on the ground.
  misty drizzle penetrated his bones.
  Woke up to a slightly misty morning - hope we will actually be able to see the site.
  During the afternoon however, western coasts may become misty with some sea fog possible.
  misty with slight rain or drizzle.
  misty moors, it is the leafy lanes of South Cornwall which are thought to be haunted by the past.
  Wast Hill tunnel rather misty, we passed an Anglo Welsh boat coming through.
  I can get misty eyed just thinking about ' The Pact ' .
  misty mornings the fens can almost look like a sea of water.
  It was much too misty to see what was going on on the ground.
  Some drizzle also fell over N England and E Scotland, and it remained rather misty across England under the cloudy skies.
  misty gray dawn in panic.
  The morning was very misty with slight rain or drizzle.
  Saturday dawned misty with a poor forecast for the day - rain and wind.
  misty cloud burning off during the morning leaving smoke haze.
  There will be bright or sunny spells across much of the UK, although still misty in the southwest.
  One dream was definitely the saddest, yet clearest thought I've ever had, ( tho it's gone misty already ).
  misty rain; the River Che at high tide.
  America would just be coming on-line about now... " Why's it so misty?

Usage of the word 'misty' in popular media :
Washington Post   —
 and perhaps not coincidentally, a traveling circus featuring elephants passed by the misty lake in the 1930s at the height of the monster sightings.... read more ››

Wall Street Journal   —
 the media gets misty over lehman anniversary.... read more ››




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