GRE Word List
DIADEM
crown
The meaning of the word diadem is crown.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| colander | a perforated utensil for washing or draining food |
| chaffing | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| celerity | rapidity of motion or action |
| fetish | an object (such as a small stone carving of an animal) believed to have magical power to protect or aid its owner |
| milieu | the physical or social setting in which something occurs or develops : environment |
| entourage | one's attendants or associates |
| chimerical | existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary |
| encircle | to form a circle around : surround |
| quell | to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity |
| check | to inspect, examine, or look at appraisingly or appreciatively |