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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desecrateto violate the sanctity of : profane
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sheerunqualified
denouementthe final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work
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preamblean introductory statement
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carafea bottle with a flaring lip used to hold beverages and especially wine
resentmenta feeling of indignant displeasure or persistent ill will at something regarded as a wrong, insult, or injury
swindlerto obtain money or property by fraud or deceit