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 |
|---|---|
| compute | to determine especially by mathematical means |
| onus | burden |
| menace | a show of intention to inflict harm : threat |
| levity | excessive or unseemly frivolity |
| poseur | a person who pretends to be what he or she is not : an affected or insincere person |
| insalubrious | not conducive to health : unwholesome |
| obsidian | a dark natural glass formed by the cooling of molten lava |
| verbose | containing more words than necessary : wordy |
| missive | a written communication : letter |
| wrangle | to dispute angrily or peevishly : bicker |