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 |
|---|---|
| placid | serenely free of interruption or disturbance |
| chisel | a metal tool with a sharpened edge at one end used to chip, carve, or cut into a solid material (such as wood, stone, or metal) |
| gruel | a thin porridge |
| inclement | lacking mildness: such as |
| vent | to provide with a vent |
| sparse | of few and scattered elements |
| exodus | the mainly narrative second book of canonical Jewish and Christian Scripture see Bible Table |
| jovial | characterized by good-humored cheerfulness and conviviality : jolly |
| postmortem | done, occurring, or collected after death |
| monastic | of or relating to monasteries or to monks or nuns |