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 |
|---|---|
| dilatory | tending or intended to cause delay |
| assimilate | to take into the mind and thoroughly understand |
| makeshift | a usually crude and temporary expedient : substitute |
| engage | to offer (something, such as one's life or word) as backing to a cause or aim : to expose to risk for the attainment or support of some end |
| warranted | sanction |
| efface | to eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface |
| inimical | being adverse often by reason of hostility or malevolence |
| avantgarde | group of artists whose work is based on the newest ideas and methods; CF. vanguard |
| collaborate | to work jointly with others or together especially in an intellectual endeavor |
| vulgar | lacking in cultivation, perception, or taste : coarse |