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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fluted | having or marked by grooves |
| regimen | a systematic plan (as of diet, therapy, or medication) especially when designed to improve and maintain the health of a patient |
| diffidence | the quality or state of being unassertive or bashful : the quality or state of being diffident |
| suppliant | supplicant |
| contrive | devise |
| mottled | marked with spots of different colors : having blotches of two or more colors |
| milieu | the physical or social setting in which something occurs or develops : environment |
| superimpose | to place or lay over or above something |
| exacting | tryingly or unremittingly severe in making demands |
| abjure | to renounce upon oath |