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 |
|---|---|
| bard | a tribal poet-singer skilled in composing and reciting verses on heroes and their deeds |
| acrimonious | angry and bitter : caustic, biting, or rancorous especially in feeling, language, or manner |
| interminable | having or seeming to have no end |
| ken | the range of perception, understanding, or knowledge |
| renown | a state of being widely acclaimed and highly honored : fame |
| stoke | to poke or stir up (a fire, flames, etc.) : supply with fuel |
| quack | to make the characteristic cry of a duck |
| sour | being, inducing, or marked by the one of the five basic taste sensations that is produced chiefly by acids and is characteristic of lemon juice |
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |
| futile | serving no useful purpose : completely ineffective |