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 |
|---|---|
| modicum | a small portion : a limited quantity |
| gruel | a thin porridge |
| unkempt | not combed |
| rampart | a protective barrier : bulwark |
| impassioned | filled with passion or zeal : showing great warmth or intensity of feeling |
| consanguineous | of the same blood or origin |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| elusive | tending to elude: such as |
| inerrancy | exemption from error : infallibility |
| convoluted | having convolutions |