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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wrytwist
vituperativeuttering or given to censure : containing or characterized by verbal abuse
vignettea picture (such as an engraving or photograph) that shades off gradually into the surrounding paper
cowerto shrink away or crouch especially for shelter from something that menaces, domineers, or dismays
crypta chamber (such as a vault) wholly or partly underground
flaila hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely
reticentinclined to be silent or uncommunicative in speech : reserved
alliterationthe repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs)
anguishextreme pain, distress, or anxiety
sojourna temporary stay