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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| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
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| impecunious | having very little or no money usually habitually : penniless |
| din | a loud continued noise |
| sequester | to set apart : segregate |
| carnage | the flesh of slain animals or humans |
| tan | to make (skin) tan especially by exposure to the sun |
| 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 |
| drudgery | dull, irksome, and fatiguing work : uninspiring or menial labor |
| disingenuous | lacking in candor |