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 |
|---|---|
| remorse | a gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : self-reproach |
| unassuaged | not quenched, eased, or satisfied : not assuaged |
| impolitic | not politic : unwise |
| perspicuity | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| statute | a law enacted by the legislative branch of a government |
| magisterial | of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a master or teacher : authoritative |
| championship | designation as champion |
| reprove | to scold or correct usually gently or with kindly intent |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |
| elixir | a substance held capable of changing base metals into gold |