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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| expropriate | to deprive of possession or proprietary rights |
| obtuse | not pointed or acute : blunt |
| mauve | a moderate purple, violet, or lilac color |
| extrapolation | to predict by projecting past experience or known data |
| trim | to remove by or as if by cutting |
| nettle | any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs |
| extrude | to force, press, or push out |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |
| annex | to attach as a quality, consequence, or condition |
| occident | west |