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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intimatemarked by a warm friendship developing through long association
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progenydescendants
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quiescentmarked by inactivity or repose : tranquilly at rest
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