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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WordMeaning
ordeala primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control
archaichaving the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses
mortifyto subject to severe and vexing embarrassment : shame
adjunctsomething joined or added to another thing but not essentially a part of it
minusculevery small
malleablecapable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer or by the pressure of rollers
elucidateto make lucid especially by explanation or analysis
hostagea person held by one party in a conflict as a pledge pending the fulfillment of an agreement
exertionthe act or an instance of exerting
preternaturalexisting outside of nature