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 |
|---|---|
| centurion | an officer commanding a Roman century |
| coup | a sudden decisive exercise of force in politics and especially the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group : coup d'Γ©tat |
| imposture | the act or practice of deceiving by means of an assumed character or name |
| asinine | extremely or utterly foolish or silly |
| adamant | unshakable or insistent especially in maintaining a position or opinion : unyielding |
| deport | to send out of the country by legal deportation |
| commemorative | intended as a commemoration |
| amnesia | loss of memory due usually to brain injury, shock, fatigue, repression, or illness |
| explicit | fully revealed or expressed without vagueness, implication, or ambiguity : leaving no question as to meaning or intent |
| calamity | a disastrous event marked by great loss and lasting distress and suffering |