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 |
|---|---|
| incinerate | to cause to burn to ashes |
| expletive | a syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense |
| vainglorious | marked by vainglory : boastful |
| frigid | intensely cold |
| droop | to hang or incline downward |
| muster | a representative specimen (see specimen |
| obese | having excessive body fat |
| pacifist | an adherent to pacifism : someone who opposes war or violence as a means of settling disputes |
| grovel | to creep with the face to the ground : crawl |
| disburse | to pay out : expend especially from a fund |
