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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|---|---|
| teetotalism | the principle or practice of complete abstinence from alcoholic drinks |
| occlude | to close up or block off : obstruct |
| diverse | differing from one another : unlike |
| amphibian | an amphibious organism |
| dispel | to drive away or cause to vanish by or as if by scattering : dissipate |
| pestilential | causing or tending to cause pestilence : deadly |
| guy | man |
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