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 |
|---|---|
| wry | twist |
| vituperative | uttering or given to censure : containing or characterized by verbal abuse |
| vignette | a picture (such as an engraving or photograph) that shades off gradually into the surrounding paper |
| cower | to shrink away or crouch especially for shelter from something that menaces, domineers, or dismays |
| crypt | a chamber (such as a vault) wholly or partly underground |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| reticent | inclined to be silent or uncommunicative in speech : reserved |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| anguish | extreme pain, distress, or anxiety |
| sojourn | a temporary stay |