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 |
|---|---|
| dwindle | to become steadily less : shrink |
| spawn | to deposit or fertilize spawn |
| penchant | a strong and continued inclination |
| gustatory | relating to or associated with eating or the sense of taste |
| brand | a charred piece of wood |
| arable | fit for or used for the growing of crops |
| enclave | a distinct territorial, cultural, or social unit enclosed within or as if within foreign territory |
| hackles | one of the long narrow feathers on the neck or saddle of a bird |
| commonplace | commonly found or seen : ordinary |
| concession | the act or an instance of conceding (as by granting something as a right, accepting something as true, or acknowledging defeat) |