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 |
|---|---|
| arduous | hard to accomplish or achieve : difficult |
| sentient | responsive to or conscious of sense impressions |
| catalyst | a substance that enables a chemical reaction to proceed at a usually faster rate or under different conditions (as at a lower temperature) than otherwise possible |
| distill | to let fall, exude, or precipitate (see precipitate |
| acerbity | the quality of being acerbic |
| prune | a plum dried or capable of drying without fermentation |
| lounge | to act or move idly or lazily : loaf |
| odium | the state or fact of being subjected to hatred and contempt as a result of a despicable act or blameworthy circumstance |
| omniscient | having infinite awareness, understanding, and insight |
| bargain | an agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction between them or what course of action or policy each pursues in respect to the other |