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 |
|---|---|
| rag | a waste piece of cloth |
| decrepitude | the quality or state of being decrepit |
| hysteria | a psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral |
| courier | messenger |
| natty | trimly neat and tidy : smart |
| recreant | crying for mercy : cowardly |
| canard | a false or unfounded report or story |
| flair | a skill or instinctive ability to appreciate or make good use of something : talent |
| emancipate | to free from restraint, control, or the power of another |
| staid | marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober |