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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discretionindividual choice or judgment
negligibleso small or unimportant or of so little consequence as to warrant little or no attention : trifling
metaphysicalof or relating to metaphysics
erratichaving no fixed course : wandering
overblownpast the prime of bloom
modean arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval
implodeto burst inward
executiveof or relating to the execution of the laws and the conduct of public and national affairs
fleeta number of warships under a single command
halefree from defect, disease, or infirmity : sound