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 |
|---|---|
| manifest | readily perceived by the senses and especially by the sense of sight |
| archaeology | the scientific study of material remains (such as tools, pottery, jewelry, stone walls, and monuments) of past human life and activities |
| adjunct | something joined or added to another thing but not essentially a part of it |
| pulpit | an elevated platform or high reading desk used in preaching or conducting a worship service |
| doff | to remove (an article of wear) from the body |
| eon | an immeasurably or indefinitely long period of time : age |
| succor | relief |
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| audacious | intrepidly daring : adventurous |
| meter | systematically arranged and measured rhythm (see rhythm |