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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WordMeaning
inhibitedto prohibit from doing something
deignto condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop
miragean optical (see optical
thespianactor
puerilejuvenile
iridescenthaving or exhibiting iridescence
nomadicof, relating to, or characteristic of nomads
infinitesimalimmeasurably or incalculably small
checkto inspect, examine, or look at appraisingly or appreciatively
subterfugedeception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade