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 |
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fugitive | running away or intending flight |
tentative | not fully worked out or developed |
egregious | conspicuous |
exotic | introduced from another country : not native to the place where found |
humor | that quality which appeals to a sense of the ludicrous or absurdly incongruous : a funny or amusing quality |
comeuppance | a deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts |
ascetic | practicing strict self-denial as a measure of personal and especially spiritual discipline |
bemoan | to express deep grief or distress over |
panegyric | a eulogistic oration or writing |
fracas | a noisy quarrel : brawl |