GRE Word List
DIVA
prima donna
The meaning of the word diva is prima donna.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| acoustics | a science that deals with the production, control, transmission, reception, and effects of sound |
| horoscope | a diagram of the relative positions of planets and signs of the zodiac at a specific time (as at one's birth) for use by astrologers in inferring individual character and personality traits and in foretelling events of a person's life |
| hew | to cut with blows of a heavy cutting instrument |
| abbreviate | to make briefer |
| prepossessing | creating prejudice |
| surreptitious | done, made, or acquired by stealth : clandestine |
| mar | to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil |
| havoc | wide and general destruction : devastation |
| relevant | having significant and demonstrable bearing on the matter at hand |
| cumbersome | unwieldy because of heaviness and bulk |