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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incinerateto cause to burn to ashes
vitiateto make faulty or defective : impair
divergeto move or extend in different directions from a common point : draw apart
supernumeraryexceeding the usual, stated, or prescribed number
phlegmaticresembling, consisting of, or producing the humor phlegm
tillerone that tills : cultivator
dingydirty
melancholydepression of spirits : dejection
stumpthe basal portion of a bodily part remaining after the rest is removed