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 |
|---|---|
| onomatopoeia | the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it (such as buzz, hiss) |
| languish | to be or become feeble, weak, or enervated |
| ablution | the washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite) |
| portend | to give an omen or anticipatory sign of |
| vacillate | to waver in mind, will, or feeling : hesitate in choice of opinions or courses |
| dapper | neat and trim in appearance |
| impermeable | not permitting passage (as of a fluid) through its substance |
| margin | the part of a page or sheet outside the main body of printed or written matter |
| brooch | an ornament that is held by a pin or clasp and is worn at or near the neck |
| insuperable | incapable of being surmounted, overcome, passed over, or solved |