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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|---|---|
| lucre | monetary gain : profit |
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| grandeur | the quality or state of being grand : magnificence |
| sibling | sib |
| overweening | arrogant |
| ogle | to glance with amorous invitation or challenge |
| revoke | to annul by recalling or taking back : rescind |
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| sublime | to cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form |
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