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 |
|---|---|
| voluble | easily rolling or turning : rotating |
| breach | infraction or violation of a law, obligation, tie, or standard |
| rescind | to take away : remove |
| ostracize | to exile by ostracism |
| reciprocate | to give and take mutually |
| partition | the action of parting : the state of being parted : division |
| redundant | exceeding what is necessary or normal : superfluous |
| coalition | the act of coalescing : union |
| distract | to draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time |
| bridle | the headgear with which a horse is governed and which carries a bit (see bit |