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 |
|---|---|
| epicure | one with sensitive and discriminating tastes especially in food or wine |
| exacerbate | to make more violent, bitter, or severe |
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| gross | glaringly noticeable usually because of inexcusable badness or objectionableness |
| brindled | having obscure dark streaks or flecks on a usually gray or tawny ground |
| random | a haphazard course |
| bequeath | to give or leave by will (see will |
| polemical | of, relating to, or being a polemic : controversial |
| residue | something that remains after a part is taken, separated, or designated or after the completion of a process : remnant |
| stratified | formed, deposited, or arranged in stable layers or strata |