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 |
|---|---|
| unceremonious | not ceremonious : informal |
| swathe | a band used in swathing |
| pummel | pound |
| discernible | able to be perceived by a sense (such as sight or smell) or by the mind : capable of being discerned |
| impartial | not partial or biased : treating or affecting all equally |
| impetus | a driving force : impulse |
| oust | to remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity |
| defiance | the act or an instance of defying : challenge |
| doldrums | a spell of listlessness or despondency |
| pastoral | of, relating to, or composed of shepherds or herdsmen |