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 |
|---|---|
| demure | reserved |
| diatribe | a bitter and abusive speech or piece of writing |
| anguish | extreme pain, distress, or anxiety |
| titular | having the title and usually the honors belonging to an office or dignity without the duties, functions, or responsibilities |
| sextant | an instrument for measuring angular distances used especially in navigation to observe altitudes of celestial bodies (as in ascertaining latitude and longitude) |
| incorporeal | not corporeal : having no material body or form |
| atrocity | a shockingly bad or atrocious act, object, or situation |
| castrate | to deprive (a male animal or person) of the testes |
| stagnant | not flowing in a current or stream |
| assuage | to lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses) : ease |