GRE Word List
DIURNAL
active chiefly in the daytime
The meaning of the word diurnal is active chiefly in the daytime.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| privation | an act or instance of depriving : deprivation |
| inscrutable | not readily investigated, interpreted, or understood : mysterious |
| existential | of, relating to, or affirming existence |
| concession | the act or an instance of conceding (as by granting something as a right, accepting something as true, or acknowledging defeat) |
| rabid | extremely violent : furious |
| lechery | inordinate (see inordinate |
| sacrilegious | committing or characterized by sacrilege : having or showing a lack of proper respect for a sacred person, place, or object |
| awl | a pointed tool for marking surfaces or piercing small holes (as in leather or wood) |
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| variegated | having discrete markings of different colors |