GRE Word List

DIADEM

crown

The meaning of the word diadem is crown.

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levythe imposition or collection of an assessment
cantataa composition for one or more voices usually comprising solos, duets, recitatives, and choruses and sung to an instrumental accompaniment
deleteriousharmful often in a subtle or unexpected way
ennuia feeling of weariness and dissatisfaction : boredom
ovationa ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted
distillto let fall, exude, or precipitate (see precipitate
agnostica person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable
corpusthe body of a human or animal especially when dead
expediteto accelerate the process or progress of : speed up
ovoidresembling an egg in shape : ovate