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 |
|---|---|
| dorsal | an ornamental cloth hung behind and above an altar |
| docket | a brief written summary of a document : abstract |
| malefactor | one who commits an offense against the law |
| incredulity | the quality or state of being incredulous : disbelief |
| stoop | to bend the body or a part of the body forward and downward sometimes simultaneously bending the knees |
| authoritarian | of, relating to, or favoring blind submission to authority |
| junket | trip |
| repress | to check by or as if by pressure : curb |
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |
| subsume | to include or place within something larger or more comprehensive : encompass as a subordinate or component element |