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 |
|---|---|
| infirmity | the quality or state of being infirm |
| incinerate | to cause to burn to ashes |
| vitiate | to make faulty or defective : impair |
| diverge | to move or extend in different directions from a common point : draw apart |
| supernumerary | exceeding the usual, stated, or prescribed number |
| phlegmatic | resembling, consisting of, or producing the humor phlegm |
| tiller | one that tills : cultivator |
| dingy | dirty |
| melancholy | depression of spirits : dejection |
| stump | the basal portion of a bodily part remaining after the rest is removed |