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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expropriateto deprive of possession or proprietary rights
obtusenot pointed or acute : blunt
mauvea moderate purple, violet, or lilac color
extrapolationto predict by projecting past experience or known data
trimto remove by or as if by cutting
nettleany of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs
extrudeto force, press, or push out
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annexto attach as a quality, consequence, or condition
occidentwest