GRE Word List
MANTLE
a loose sleeveless garment worn over other clothes : cloak
The meaning of the word mantle is a loose sleeveless garment worn over other clothes : cloak.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| intellect | the power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will : the capacity for knowledge |
| ecstasy | a state of overwhelming emotion |
| fluted | having or marked by grooves |
| unguent | a soothing or healing salve : ointment |
| apolitical | having no interest or involvement in political affairs |
| maneuver | a military or naval movement |
| suffragist | one who advocates extension of suffrage especially to women |
| initiate | to cause or facilitate the beginning of : set going |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| bemused | marked by confusion or bewilderment : dazed |