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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ruminateto go over in the mind repeatedly and often casually or slowly
impoliticnot politic : unwise
hivea container for housing honeybees
predecessorone that precedes
jurisdictionthe power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law
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dubiousunsettled in opinion : doubtful