GRE Word List

DIADEM

crown

The meaning of the word diadem is crown.

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malleablecapable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer or by the pressure of rollers
spectruma continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order
brittleeasily broken, cracked, or snapped
altruisticrelating to or given to altruism:
reclusemarked by withdrawal from society : solitary
grandiosecharacterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor or by absurd exaggeration
mandatean authoritative command
insuperableincapable of being surmounted, overcome, passed over, or solved
wagea payment usually of money for labor or services usually according to contract and on an hourly, daily, or piecework basis
amplifyto expand (something, such as a statement) by the use of detail or illustration or by closer analysis