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 |
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| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| resignation | an act or instance of resigning something : surrender |
| tenacious | not easily pulled apart : cohesive |
| rummage | to make a thorough search or investigation |
| qualms | a feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety |
| motley | variegated in color |
| discernible | able to be perceived by a sense (such as sight or smell) or by the mind : capable of being discerned |
| tribute | something given or contributed voluntarily as due or deserved |
| stringent | tight |
| latitude | angular distance from some specified circle or plane of reference: such as |