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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hamperto restrict the movement of by bonds or obstacles : impede
nauseateto become affected with nausea
recantto withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce
yoretime past and especially long past
encipherto convert (a message) into cipher
ursineof or relating to a bear or the bear family (Ursidae)
foresightan act or the power of foreseeing : prescience
slaughterthe act of killing
proteanof or resembling Proteus in having a varied nature or ability to assume different forms