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 |
|---|---|
| simplistic | excessively simple or simplified : treating a problem or subject with false simplicity by omitting or ignoring complicating factors or details |
| quizzical | comically quaint |
| figurine | a small carved or molded figure : statuette |
| squeamish | easily nauseated : queasy |
| inchoate | being only partly in existence or operation : incipient |
| sedate | keeping a quiet steady attitude or pace : unruffled |
| requiem | a mass for the dead |
| caricature | exaggeration by means of often ludicrous distortion of parts or characteristics |
| rhapsody | a portion of an epic poem adapted for recitation |
| panoramic | of, relating to, or resembling a panorama: such as |