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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|---|---|
| singular | of or relating to a separate person or thing : individual |
| commonplace | commonly found or seen : ordinary |
| porous | possessing or full of pores |
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| brittle | easily broken, cracked, or snapped |
| tender | marked by, responding to, or expressing the softer emotions : fond |
| retract | to draw back or in |
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| polemical | of, relating to, or being a polemic : controversial |