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 |
|---|---|
| psychopathic | of, relating to, or characterized by psychopathy |
| crass | gross |
| pliable | supple enough to bend freely or repeatedly without breaking |
| bevy | a large group or collection |
| menace | a show of intention to inflict harm : threat |
| mingle | to bring or mix together or with something else usually without fundamental loss of identity : intermix |
| regale | to entertain sumptuously : feast with delicacies |
| virus | any of a large group of submicroscopic infectious agents that are usually regarded as nonliving extremely complex molecules, that typically contain a protein coat surrounding an RNA or DNA core of genetic material but no semipermeable membrane, that are capable of growth and multiplication only in living cells, and that cause various important diseases in humans, animals, and plants |
| fetish | an object (such as a small stone carving of an animal) believed to have magical power to protect or aid its owner |
| circumscribe | to constrict (see constrict |