Sentence:  Hastening to the attic , the temperature of which was easily <WSD>hotter</WSD> than the Gold Coast , you proceeded to mask the windows with a fancy wool coverlet , some khaki pants , and the like , and to ransack the innumerable boxes and barrels stored there . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning