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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perverseturned away from what is right or good : corrupt
drasticacting rapidly or violently
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gaffea social or diplomatic blunder
stringenttight
espousemarry
mercenaryone that serves merely for wages
timbrethe quality given to a sound by its overtones: such as
sectarianof, relating to, or characteristic of a sect or sectarian
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