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 |
|---|---|
| cemetery | a burial ground |
| foist | to introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant |
| beeline | a straight direct course |
| deserts | arid land with usually sparse vegetation |
| catholic | roman catholic |
| integral | essential to completeness : constituent |
| vapid | lacking flavor, zest, interest, animation, or spirit : flat |
| effectual | producing or able to produce a desired effect |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| agnostic | a person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable |