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 |
|---|---|
| delineate | to describe, portray, or set forth with accuracy or in detail |
| pretentious | characterized by pretension: such as |
| banal | lacking originality, freshness, or novelty : trite |
| psychosomatic | of, relating to, concerned with, or involving both mind and body |
| recline | to cause or permit to incline backwards |
| lurk | to lie in wait in a place of concealment especially for an evil purpose |
| imprudent | not prudent : lacking discretion, wisdom, or good judgment |
| leery | suspicious |
| impecunious | having very little or no money usually habitually : penniless |
| ecosystem | the complex of a community of organisms and its environment functioning as an ecological unit |