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 |
|---|---|
| hindsight | perception of the nature of an event after it has happened |
| conjugal | of or relating to the married state or to married persons and their relations : connubial |
| avenge | to take vengeance for or on behalf of |
| misnomer | the misnaming of a person in a legal instrument |
| potential | existing in possibility : capable of development into actuality |
| meek | enduring injury with patience and without resentment : mild |
| centripetal | proceeding or acting in a direction toward a center or axis |
| averse | having an active feeling of repugnance, dislike, or distaste |
| encompass | include |
| resuscitate | to revive from apparent death or from unconsciousness |