GRE Word List

DIADEM

crown

The meaning of the word diadem is crown.

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blusterto talk or act with noisy swaggering threats
verbiagea profusion of words usually of little or obscure content
censoriousmarked by or given to censure (see censure
extrapolationto predict by projecting past experience or known data
persistto go on resolutely or stubbornly in spite of opposition, importunity, or warning
anticlimaxthe usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea
ulcera break in skin or mucous membrane with loss of surface tissue, disintegration and necrosis of epithelial tissue, and often pus
consanguineousof the same blood or origin
recapitulateto retell or restate briefly : summarize
indignationanger aroused by something unjust, unworthy, or mean