GRE Word List
DIURNAL
active chiefly in the daytime
The meaning of the word diurnal is active chiefly in the daytime.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| chaplain | a clergyman in charge of a chapel |
| threat | an expression of intention to inflict evil, injury, or damage |
| diatribe | a bitter and abusive speech or piece of writing |
| ruthless | having no pity : merciless |
| grandeur | the quality or state of being grand : magnificence |
| discombobulated | characterized by confusion or disorder |
| abridge | to shorten by omission of words without sacrifice of sense : condense |
| hypocritical | characterized by behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel : characterized by hypocrisy |
| carping | marked by or inclined to querulous and often perverse criticism |
| sepulcher | a place of burial : tomb |