GRE Word List

DIURNAL

active chiefly in the daytime

The meaning of the word diurnal is active chiefly in the daytime.

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resignationan act or instance of resigning something : surrender
shystera person who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politics : pettifogger
adherentone who adheres to something: such as
qualifyto reduce from a general to a particular or restricted form : modify
moribundbeing in the state of dying : approaching death
run-downan item-by-item report or review : summary
anachronisman error in chronology
ethnicof or relating to large groups of people classed according to common racial, national, tribal, religious, linguistic, or cultural origin or background
notorietythe quality or state of being notorious
eruditehaving or showing knowledge that is gained by studying : possessing or displaying erudition