GRE Word List
DIADEM
crown
The meaning of the word diadem is crown.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fanciful | marked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience |
| run-down | an item-by-item report or review : summary |
| embed | to enclose closely in or as if in a matrix |
| consanguinity | the quality or state of being consanguineous |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| opus | work |
| diversion | the act or an instance of diverting or straying from a course, activity, or use : deviation |
| mollycoddle | to treat with an excessive or absurd degree of indulgence and attention |
| puny | slight or inferior in power, size, or importance : weak |
| anvil | a heavy usually steel-faced iron block on which metal is shaped (as by hand hammering) |