GRE Word List
DIVA
prima donna
The meaning of the word diva is prima donna.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| impregnable | incapable of being taken by assault : unconquerable |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| irate | roused to ire |
| overthrow | overturn |
| phylum | a direct line of descent within a group |
| slither | to slide on or as if on a loose gravelly surface |
| musty | impaired by damp or mildew : moldy |
| malapropos | in an inappropriate or inopportune way |
| cow | the mature female of cattle (genus Bos) |
| minatory | having a menacing quality |