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 |
|---|---|
| practical | of, relating to, or manifested in practice or action : not theoretical or ideal |
| obfuscate | to throw into shadow : darken |
| frivolous | of little weight or importance |
| hedonist | a person who is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure : someone who practices hedonism |
| entity | being |
| esteem | the regard in which one is held |
| codicil | a legal instrument made to modify an earlier will |
| specious | having a false look of truth or genuineness : sophistic |
| crabbed | marked by a forbidding moroseness |
| anoint | to smear or rub with oil or an oily substance |