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 |
|---|---|
| proclivity | an inclination or predisposition toward something |
| comeuppance | a deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts |
| incipient | beginning to come into being or to become apparent |
| obstinate | stubbornly adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion |
| regimen | a systematic plan (as of diet, therapy, or medication) especially when designed to improve and maintain the health of a patient |
| except | with the exclusion or exception of |
| autonomous | having the right or power of self-government |
| pronounced | strongly marked : decided |
| precedent | prior in time, order, arrangement, or significance |
| impolitic | not politic : unwise |