GRE Word List
DIVA
prima donna
The meaning of the word diva is prima donna.
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| malefactor | one who commits an offense against the law |
| mimicry | an instance of mimicking |
| hieroglyphic | written in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters |
| zest | a piece of the peel of a citrus fruit (such as an orange or lemon) used as flavoring |
| esoteric | designed for or understood by the specially initiated alone |
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| bate | to reduce the force or intensity of : restrain |
| glossary | a collection of textual glosses or of specialized terms with their meanings |
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