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 |
|---|---|
| wangle | to resort to trickery or devious methods |
| wont | accustomed |
| proselytize | to induce someone to convert to one's faith |
| talon | the claw of an animal and especially of a bird of prey |
| effrontery | shameless boldness : insolence |
| prolixity | unduly prolonged or drawn out : too long |
| moratorium | a legally authorized period of delay in the performance of a legal obligation or the payment of a debt |
| render | to melt down |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| trifling | lacking in significance or solid worth: such as |