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 |
|---|---|
| prefigure | to show, suggest, or announce by an antecedent type, image, or likeness |
| sentinel | sentry |
| aspersion | a false or misleading charge meant to harm someone's reputation |
| flourish | to grow luxuriantly : thrive |
| shear | to cut off the hair from |
| swell | to expand (as in size, volume, or numbers) gradually beyond a normal or original limit |
| curfew | the sounding of a bell at evening |
| fracas | a noisy quarrel : brawl |
| purveyor | one that purveys |
| trim | to remove by or as if by cutting |