GRE Word List
DIURNAL
active chiefly in the daytime
The meaning of the word diurnal is active chiefly in the daytime.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| forte | one's strong point |
| rotund | marked by roundness : rounded |
| narrative | something that is narrated : story |
| stupor | a condition of greatly dulled or completely suspended sense or sensibility |
| catharsis | purification or purgation of the emotions (such as pity and fear) primarily through art |
| pejorative | a word or phrase that has negative connotations (see connotation |
| vendor | one that vends : seller |
| connotation | something suggested by a word or thing : implication |
| impregnable | incapable of being taken by assault : unconquerable |
| spectrum | a continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order |