GRE Word List

DIADEM

crown

The meaning of the word diadem is crown.

Random words

WordMeaning
fancifulmarked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience
run-downan item-by-item report or review : summary
embedto enclose closely in or as if in a matrix
consanguinitythe quality or state of being consanguineous
scapegoata 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
opuswork
diversionthe act or an instance of diverting or straying from a course, activity, or use : deviation
mollycoddleto treat with an excessive or absurd degree of indulgence and attention
punyslight or inferior in power, size, or importance : weak
anvila heavy usually steel-faced iron block on which metal is shaped (as by hand hammering)