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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pellucid | admitting maximum passage of light without diffusion or distortion |
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| pedigree | a register recording a line of ancestors |
| crust | the hardened exterior or surface part of bread |
| catholic | roman catholic |
| totter | to move unsteadily : stagger |
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| discompose | to destroy the composure of |
| pedant | one who is unimaginative or who unduly emphasizes minutiae in the presentation or use of knowledge |
| veritable | being in fact the thing named and not false, unreal, or imaginary |